Muavia Azam
Muavia Azam | |
|---|---|
 Tariq in 2021 | |
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
| In office 15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023 | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 28 August 1983 |
| Religion | Islam |
| Parent |
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| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Movement | Deobandism |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Zakariyya, South Africa |
| Known for | Senior leader of Sipah-e-Sahaba |
Muhammad Muavia Azam Tariq[a] (born 28 August 1983) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who is a leading member of Sipah-i-Sahaba. He served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023.
Early life
[edit]He was born on 28 August 1983 in Chichawatni and in 2006, he obtained the degree of Master of Arts in Islamic studies from Darul Uloom Zakariyya in South Africa.[1]
Political career
[edit]He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party from Constituency PP-126 (Jhang-III) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.[2]
He received 65,252 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Sheikh Sheraz Akram.[3] Following his election, he joined Pakistan Rah-e-Haq.[4]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf offered Mu'awiya to join the party.[5]
His father Azam Tariq was also a member of the national assembly.[6][7]
He is also a member of the Sipah-e-Sahaba.[8][9]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Punjab Assembly | Members - Members' Directory". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Sanaullah met an independent MPA Maulana Muavia Azam in Jhang". Daily Times. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ "Election Results 2018 - Constituency Details". www.thenews.com.pk. The News. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Muhammad Moavia". www.pap.gov.pk. Punjab Assembly. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ Correspondent (30 July 2018). "PTI offers MPA-elect Moavia Azam to join party". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Pakistan's Sunni-Shia Rift | MEO". Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
tribune/3may20132was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Banned ASWJ's Muavia Azam released - Pakistan - Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ "ASWJ Leader: LHC orders release of Maulana Muavia | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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