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The Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan جماعتِ اسلامی
Founder	Sayyid Abul A'la Maududi
Ameer	Syed Munawar Hasan
General Secretary	Liaqat Baloch Bawala
Naib Ameer	Prof. Khurshid Ahmed, Prof. Ghafoor Ahmad, Siraj-ul-Haq, Dr. Muhammad Kamal, Ch. Muhammad Aslam Saleemi.
Founded	26 August 1941 (1941-08-26)
Ideology	Islamism
Official colors	Green, white, blue
Website
http://jamaat.org

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The Jamaat-e-Islami (Urdu: جماعتِ اسلامی;, lit. "Islamic Party" abbreviation, JI) is a far-right and Islamist political party, advocating for the religious fundamentalism and the Theocratic based government system in Pakistan. The JI is the oldest party founded on August 26, 1941 in Lahore by Muslim theologian Abul Ala Maududi. The party is led by an Emir (lit. Commander), and currently Syed Munawar Hasan is presently tenuring as Emir of JI. The JI is headquartered in Mansoorah, Lahore.

Founded during British control in India, the JI moved its organization after the Indian partition to the newly created Ideological Muslim state of Pakistan, initially setting up its organizational mass in West-Pakistan. The members who remained in India regrouped to form an independent organization called JI (Hindustan). During the Bangladesh Liberation War, the JI opposed the independence of Bangladesh, but established itself there as an independent political party, the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami after 1975. The JI maintains close ties with international Muslim groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood. Jamaat is a vanguard party, its members (Arakeen) often called as Jamaati form an elite with "affiliates" (Muttafiq) and then "sympathisers" (Hamdard) beneath them.

The Jamaat's objectives are the Iqamat-e-Deen or Nizam-e-Mustafa - the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. The JI opposes Western Ideologies such as capitalism, socialism and secularism, and practices such as bank interest and liberalist social mores.

History[link]

Jamat-e-Islami was founded at Islamia Park, Lahore on 26 August 1941 as a movement to promote Islamic values and practices. Jamaat was founded by Modern Islamist, a political personality, known religious scholar and great philosopher Syed Abul Ala Maududi. Total of 75 persons were present at its first meeting. It is not simply a religious or political party. It bears the logo from a verse in the Quran Ud-Khulu Fis-Silmi Kaffa meaning "Enter in Islam full fledge" and take Islam as a complete way of life.

Before the foundation of Jamaat he was known for his thoughts in Muslims. He played an important role during the era of Pakistan Movement and since his ideology is influencing the Muslims all over the globe. The writings and lectures of Maududi gained a wide range of readers and audience.

Mulana Abul Ala Maududi adopted this Modern Islamist ideology after analyzing all factors including Khilafat Movement, end of Ottoman Caliphate by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, leadership crisis in Muslims, Indian Nationalism’s influence over Muslims, aggressive attitude of Indian National Congress and Hindus and trying to merge Muslims in Hindu religion. At last in 1940 (when All India Muslim League passed Pakistan Resolution) he propagated in Muslims that we are not just a nation and our destination is not only the establishment of a national government but we are preacher and missionary nation. Never forget your mission which is forming a country which will become frontline castle for Islam.

Maulana Maududi wrote significant articles about political issues. He probably did most detailed discussion about nationalism and counters the propaganda of congress scholars who are saying that all people of Sub-Continent are one nation and trying to gather everyone under the leadership of Congress against English. According to Maulana “Those who are preaching this want to finish all the differences of religion and culture and then run that country using the mixture of Hinduism and Communism”. Maududi condemned them by saying that these nationalists are asking for the independence we consider even worse than Britain rule. We consider them equal to Robert Clive and Arthur Wellesley and Muslims who are following them are not less than Mir Jafar and Mir Sadiq, although situation and circumstances are different but the nature of rivalry and treason is same. He not only rejects them but counter them by saying Nationalism and Communism is not different than “Shuddhi Movement”. There is no difference in results and we shall resist all of them. Due to such views of Maulana, Allama Iqbal said in one meeting to leave Congress’ scholars for Maududi.

Maulana Hussain Ahmed supported Nationalism and gave his reason from Constitution of Medina. Maulana Maududi rejected his views and argued that Charter is not about setting combined government, combined council, combined courts, combined party, Combined Society, Combined Education or majority based system. He criticized Maulana Hussain Ahmed by saying that if hospitals start poisoning people then where people shall go for treatment.

Zafar Ahmed Ansari, who was Joint Secretary of All India Muslim League, analyzed the articles related to nationalism and concluded that it was not just a discussion but it strikes the ideology of Congress and Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind. That’s why Muslim League distributed these articles in large number.

Maulana scratched the veil of hypocrisy of Congress. Maulana’s views about Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru were strongly hostile. He said that Nehru openly opposes religion and is enemy of any division on basis of faith. He never hides his atheism and belief in communism and admitted it. He is influencing people including Muslims and making them nationalist in politics, communist by faith and European by culture and values. He said that Nehru evaluates that Muslims are spiritually weak and is running a scheme to merge Muslims in Hindu faith.

Maulana rejected guarantee of security of Human and constitutional rights and parliamentary democracy for Muslims. He gave examples of black people in western democratic society and explained the condition of minorities in Germany and Yugoslavia. He proved with history that after getting independence majority groups always neglect minor races and violate their rights. He said that only favor Congress will do with Muslims is to let them live in their temples. This is their mission to overthrow everything related to religion. So he wrote that we are not against independence but in favor of it more than anyone and it’s our duty to fight for freedom but our ideology is very different from nationalism. Some want a system which shall free the people of Sub-Continent but we want a system which shall free also Muslims of Sub-Continent with people.

Maulana also criticized leaders of Muslim League saying the people joining movement of Pakistan can surely made a country by uniting and can make a national government but we can’t expect from them that they will do any work for formation of Islamic government. The problem is not any personality but the thinking of the leaders and their character.

The objective of Jamaat-e-Islami is

• To invite Muslims specially and all others to serve Allah Almighty (God).
• To end hypocrisy and deficiency in Muslims.
• To transfer the leadership of the world from evil, immoral and rigs to the hands of righteous and faithful servants of Allah Almighty (God).

Political struggle[link]

Jamaat started activities in Pakistan by voluntarily services in relief camps of migrators. They were considered as honest and responsible group. Jamaat increased their social work, started gathering skins of sacrificial animals on Eid-ul-Azha and opened many hospitals and clinics. Jamaat helped needy and poor people and opened philanthropic institutes. Small cities are witness of their dispensaries and mobile clinics and a clear proof of their human welfare and social work. Suriya Azeem Hospital in Choburje Chowk, Lahore is another example of their social works.

Quranic lectures, religious trainings and missionary colleges under the supervision of Jamaat is big source of spreading the basic message of Islam in people. By this Jamaat prepared a group of political workers with proven loyalty because of which political pressure of Jamaat is always felt. In Pakistan Jamaat is struggling for implementation of system of Islam. Soon after separation Jamaat raised the demand of Islamic way of government and with the support of common Pakistanis, the JI organized a movement in 1948 to convince government to initiate Islamic Constitution. As a result, The Constitution Preamble, commonly known as "Objective Resolution" was approved by the national assembly which in principle accepts that all laws and amendments will be Islamic or made Islamic.

In 1953 JI led a campaign against the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan resulting in the Lahore riots of 1953 and selective declaration of martial law. Maulana Mududi was arrested by the military deployment headed by Lieutenant General Azam Khan, which also included Rahimuddin Khan, and sentenced to death on the charge of writing a seditious pamphlet about the Ahmadiyya issue. He turned down the opportunity to file a petition for mercy, expressing a preference for death rather than seeking clemency. Strong public pressure ultimately convinced the government to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment. Eventually, his sentence was annulled.

As a result of the demand of Islamic state many activists of Jamaat were sent to prison. Despite all this Jamaat continued its struggle up till Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, who was himself a fan of Maulana Maududi, made a constitution (1956) near to the ideology of Jamaat. Jamaat ran a strong movement in favor of Separate Voting System in the days of Suhrawardy’s government but Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy arranged a session of National Assembly at Dhaka and by making an alliance with Republicans passed the bill for Mixed Voting System.

Jamaat formed an alliance with Muslim League, headed by Abdul Qayyum Khan, and Nizam-e-Islami party, led by Chudhary Muhammad Ali in 1958. They criticized activities of Iskander Mirza. Due to the activities of this alliance reputation of Iskander Mirza was strongly damaged and seeing no future he decided to enforce Martial law in the Country.

From the first day Jamaat did not accept the Martial Law by General Muhammad Ayub Khan. General met with Maulana Maududi and advised him not to take part in politics but when President Ayun Khan left a ban over political parties, Jamaat was first to be active. Then Jamaat launched campaign for the restoration of Islamic articles in the constitution of 1962 and submitted 9 miles long signatory paper for basic rights. Government planned to treat Jamaat harsh and punished by forcing to arrange annual party meeting 1963 in a garden with tight space at Berun Bhatti Gate and didn’t allow for loud speakers. After all that when Jamaat refuse to cancel it then rascals were sent who started firing at the gathering. People asked Maulana to sit down but maulan replied “Who will stand if I sit”. Maulana was saved by the firing but a worker was martyred. Dictator regime not able to control the activities of Jamaat banned her in 1964 and all known activist and leaders were send to prison. Later High court freed all and Supreme Court ruled in favor of the JI as a "legitimate political group" and announced the ban unconstitutional.

In the elections of 1964-65 Jamaat joined the alliance of COP and fully supported Madar-e-Millat Miss Fatima Jinnah. Religious scholars raise the propaganda against the leadership of woman but Maulan philosophy was that in one side is a man who has no quality other than that and on the other side is a women who has no fault except she is a female so we should support her.

In 1965 during Indo-Pak war Jamaat helped government in appealing people for Jihad, helping war victims and getting financial and moral support from Arab countries. Leadership of Jamaat present patriot speeches from Radio Pakistan and representatives of Jamaat headed to central Asia for their back up.

Jamaat was the main spirit in the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) against Ayub Khan and in ground, workers of Jamaat was organizing it. When Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Maulana Bhashani raised the slogan of Socialism Jamaat strongly resisted it.

In the manifesto for 1970 elections Jamaat supported Provincial feedom (not up to six points) and declared Quran and Sunnah as source of law. Separating judiciary from administration and grantee of basic rights of minorities are also included in it. A strong relation with Muslim world was purposed in foreign policy. Jamaat was against the nationalization but in favor of seizing the illegal property. Maximum ownership of land was set to be 100 Acres and 200 Acres for rainy and canal areas respectively so that the uneven economic condition can be controlled. The program of economic justice is given instead of economic equality and promised equal employment opportunities for jobless people. Bonus Share Scheme was announced so that factory worker can own shares of the company. But just before the elections Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan broke the alliance which cost to Jamaat-e-Islami who was competing Pakistan Peoples Party and Awami League having socialism and provincial slogans and announcing drastic changes. Jamaat only won 4 seats of National and 4 of Provincial Assembly.

Jamaa-e-Islami struggled till last moment against the separation movement of East Pakistan by Awami League. Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba organized Al-Badar and fought against the separatist army Bangladesh Liberation Army. In Bangladesh Jamaat is still facing vengeance. It is also mentioned that for the unity of Pakistan Jamaat also worked with the dictator General Yahya Khan.

On health grounds, Maulana Maududi excused to lead the movement in 1972 and requested the Top Elected Body of the movement Majlis-e-Shoura to select someone else to perform the duties of "Ameer". In October 1972 Mian Tufail Mohammad was elected as Ameer. Mian Tufail is one of the 75 founding member of Jamaat and worked as Secretary General of the Jamaat till 1965. From January 1966 to 1972 he was Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami in West Pakistan. In between, he also assumed the position of Ameer-e-Jama'at of Pakistan when the occasion so demanded, particularly when Sayed Maududi was ill and on leave.

During ZA Bhutto government Jamaat constantly act as opposition. Adding Islamic Articles in 1973 Constitution is due to the efforts of religious parties including Jamaat. Jamaat ideology is Islamism rather than socialism so criticized the policies of ZA Bhutto and sacrifices much for the ideology. Vice Ameer of Jamaat Dr. Nazir Ahmed MNA was assassinated and many activist including members of Islami Jamiat-e-Tulba was sent to prison. Many members were politically victimized. Even after that Peoples party failed to get power in universities and colleges and youth start becoming critics of Bhutto. That struggle gave birth to, many leaders who are now in the frontline of both parties.

Maulana Maududi was given the title of Imam-ul-Muslimeen in the annual meeting of Raabta-e-Aalam-e-Islami, Saudi Arabia held in January 1974.

Jamaat also play a vital role in a struggle against Bhutto government and is a largest party in terms of workers in Pakistan National Alliance (PNA) who take part in the movement with heart and soul.

By 1976 Jamaat's street power multiplied by 2,000,000 new entrants when it swore to organize marches to Islamabad for implementing Sharia. In 1977, Maududi cobbled together a grand alliance of rightist parties and launched a "civil disobedience campaign", leading to his arrest. So powerful had Jamaat become in Islamist ranks by then that the Sunni government of Saudi Arabia personally intervened to secure Maududi's release by dangling the specter of "revolution" in Pakistan.

Jamaat initially supported General Zia-ul-Haq as other parties of PNA but when General postponed elections several times Ameer-e-Jamaat Mian Tufail Mohammad pressured him for elections. Prof. Ghafoor Ahmed kept on criticizing General Zia for his dictating policies. After a long struggle for real democracy no one was in favor of Martial Law and dictatorship.

Islami Jamiat-e-Tulba starts movement against the government for banning student unions. Pro Jamaat labor unions also raised against the government but Jamaat did not participated in Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD) because actual leadership was in the hands of Bhutto family and Jamaat was against the reselection of Peoples Party.

Jamaat-e-Islami offered important services in Soviet War in Afghanistan whose echoes can still listened. One of the strongest reasons for working with General Zia was Jamaat’s evolvement with war of Afghanistan. Jamaat is also very active in separate movement in Indian Jammu and Kashmir. Members of Jamaat not only financially help them but also take part in it. Jamaat also support government for back up of Kashmiris.

In their support for Islamization of Pakistan, they piloted the Sharia bill through the Pakistani Senate in 1986.

In 1987 Mian Tufail declined further service in the post because of a long ailment, and Qazi Hussain Ahmad was elected to the top position. Qazi Hussain Ahmad became member of Jamaat-e-Islami in 1970 and was elected to the office of President of its Peshawar branch. He served Jamaat-e-Islami as Secretary and then Ameer of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. He was raised to the office of Secretary General, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan in 1978 till he was elected as Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan.

After General Zia death Jamaat was entered in an alliance Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) with Muslim League. During Nawaz Sharif government Jamaat neither took any ministry nor plots or any kind of loans as others did. Jamaat announces Peoples Party and Muslim League as equal evil and in elections of 1993 tried to rise as a third power but loses own voter bank captured only 3 seats in the national assembly. Jamaat continued to act as an "eternal opponent" of non-Islamic rulers, while grabbing power-sharing chances, especially under Nawaz Sharif.

Jamaat boycott elections of 1997 and cleared a way of success for Nawaz Sharif. Due to this Jamaat lost representation in Assemblies but their importance remained as a pressure group. During Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee arrival at Lahore Jamaat protest and thousands of workers was arrested by the police.

Jamaat welcomed General Pervez Musharraf at first but turn against him once Musharraf started reforms. Many differences arises because of Musharraf’s policies. General’s decision of becoming the part of war against terrorism also increases differences.

In 2002, Jamaat formed an alliance with other religious parties naming Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and got 53 seats out of 272 elected member’s seats. This alliance took majority in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. Jamaat constantly criticized war on terror and arranged public protest against the decision and denounced President Musharraf for "betraying" the Taliban and siding with the U.S. against them. Jamaat also denounces the presence of American troops and agencies in Pakistan. Jamaat give though time to President Pervez Musharraf and oppose him in many issues. Jamaat opposed the Women's Protection Bill in 2006. Samia Raheel Qazi, MP and daughter of Qazi Hussain Ahmed stated, "We have been against the bill from the start. The Hudood Ordinance was devised by a highly qualified group of ulema (Islamic scholars), and is beyond question". Jamaat-e-Islami believes that the bill did not need scrapping, but needed to be applied in a fairer way, and undestood properly by judges. Jamaat-e-Islami's senior Minister of Pakhtonkhave Province Mr. Siraj ul Haq resigned from his ministry against the drone attack on madrassa in Bajour Agency. Jamaat was also against the operation of Lal Masjid and Ameer-e-Jamat Qazi Hussain Ahmed gave his resignation from the National Assembly when visiting the camp of victims of the Operation. Jamaat participated actively in the struggle of restoration of Judges. Jamaat-e-Islami and affiliated groups have been involved in providing relief efforts in the Pakistani city of Balakot for the earthquake victims. And an intensive relief effort is made in flood of 2008 in Pakistan by its public welfare wing Al khidmat foundation.

In General Elections 2008 Jamaat-e-Islami announced to boycott the elections held under President General Musharraf with almost all other political parties of opposition. Only Jamaat, Lawyers, Imran Khan and Mahmood Khan Achakzai stand with the decision.

Getting re-elected for four times (1992, 1994, 1999, 2003), in 2008, Qazi Hussain Ahmad excused to be elected once more and Arkaans of Jamaat elected Syed Munawar Hassan as the new Ameer. Syed Munawar Hasan became a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan in 1967. He served the Karachi unit as Assistant Secretary, Secretary, Deputy Ameer and Ameer of the city. He was also elected to the Central Shura and the Executive Council of the Jamaat. He represented Jamaat at several platforms, including United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Pakistan National Alliance (PNA). Contesting National Assembly election in 1977, he secured the highest votes in Pakistan. He was Assistant Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan in 1992-93, and became Secretary General in 1993 until selected as an Ameer in 2008.

Ideology and policies[link]

The notable points of Jamaat’s ideology and constitution are:

1. Jamaat-e-Islami will see, every action it takes, whether it is in line with the injunctions of Islam or not and go beyond it, so far as permissible.
2. The Jamaat-e-Islami is an ideological party, devoid of any trace of expediency, power-politics, and prejudices of caste, colour, country, language and nationality. This movement will not adopt any illegal or underground means to come to power. It will educate people in the first course about real Islamic Values and participate in elections. It is to be noted that in JI nobody asks for any position or responsibility. It is the movement which elects its top leadership to lead. To get its objective Jamaat will not resort to those means and methods which are in conflict with truth and honesty, or anything which may result in mischief. Jamaat will try to bring revolution and reformation through constitutional ways i.e. preaching and propagation of its views and by moulding the minds, through character building, and by making the public opinion which conforms to its principles and policy. Jamaat will not implement its manifesto through underground movements; instead, it will do everything openly.
3. Human kind will find peace and growth only when it will accept and practice true teachings of God in all spheres of its life, from individual level to national and international levels. These teachings were presented by prophets in different ages and Muhammad has left the The Quran in its original form and his personal teachings are recorded in different Ahadith which are sufficient to establish a complete code of life.
4. The Muslim woman is accorded full spiritual and intellectual equality with man. Anything a wife earns is her own to dispose of, either to use it herself or to contribute it to the family budget if she wishes. Jamaat-e-Islami feels that Muslim woman has the right to property after divorce. However, the man receives twice the amount of the woman of their joint property. Since the man is supposed to provide for the maintenance of all the women and children in their family, it is considered fair since the woman's share is for herself alone.
5. JI sets forth that, "Islam has laid down universal fundamental rights for humanity which are to be observed and respected in all circumstances." They state, "...it is not permissible to oppress women, children, old people, the sick or the wounded; women's honour and chastity must be respected; the hungry must be fed, the naked clothed and the wounded or diseased treated medically irrespective of whether they belong to the Islamic community or are from amongst its enemies." The life, property and honour of Non-Muslims are to be respected and protected in exactly the same way as that of a Muslim citizen. Nor is there difference between a Muslim and a Non-Muslim citizen in respect of civil or criminal law. The Islamic state may not interfere with the personal rights of Non-Muslims, who have full freedom of conscience and belief and are at liberty to perform their religious rites and ceremonies in their own way.
6. Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan expresses its grave concern on Indian state terrorism in the occupied State of Jammu and Kashmir. India is continuing its genocide policy even in the wave of protest by National and International human rights organizations. Lost graves of thousands of Kashmiri youths have been discovered in recent times and such events are increasing day by day. Indians are building dozens of dams on the rivers flowing from occupied State of Jammu and Kashmir to make Pakistan a desert. On the other side, India is continuously fostering destructive activities in Pakistan with the patronage of America and Israel. Jamaat demands to stop the process of so-called comprehensive dialogues with India. Instead, the parliament should revive a national policy to motivate all National and International human rights organizations for unveiling of the despised Indian plans. Parliament should reiterate its support the right of self determination for Kashmiri people in the light of UN-Resolutions. Jamaat admires the Peoples Republic of China for giving special status to the people of Kashmir and appeals the entire international community, especially the rulers of Muslim Countries to expressly support liberation movement of the Kashmiri people and to build pressure on India to give the right of self determination to Kashmiri people according to UN-Resolutions.

Views and platforms[link]

The JI website gives the party's position on various matters in a statement on "Objectives, Goals and Approach." The Jamaat is very active in the field of Dawah (Missionary movement), Tarbiyah (Islamic education) and Tanzeem (organization) almost in all the areas of Pakistan. It has a strong body in each province which is further divided in district, city, town and village zones and sectors. Jamaat has also its unions for doctors, teachers,formers and workers and the same is in the female wing of Jamat Halqa Khawateen (circle of women). Its most famous wing is Islami Jamiat-e-Tulba (IJT), which is a student wing. The youth wing is working with the name of Shabab-e-Milli Pakistan. Other organizations include Jamiat-e-Tulba Arabia, National Labor Federation, Payam Transport, Pegham Wapda, Preem Railway, Piyasi PIA, Paslo Pakistan Steel, Jamiat Ittehad-ul-Ulema, Tanzeem Usatza, Islami Jamiat-e-Wuqla, Hizbul Mujahideen Pakistan, Tehriq-e-Mehnat, Engineer’s Forum, Business Forum, Doctors Forum, Kisaan Board and Islami Jamiat-e-TalIbat are working in a frontline for spreading words of God and Islamic revolution.

Publications[link]

In Islamic education very precious and important literature is added by Jamaat. Literature deals with economy, Issues of Islamic World, Islamic Fiqa and Laws and problems faced by Islamic movements. The book of Maulana Maududi about Riba is the only literature available for the topic in 1955. In Economic Conference held in Makkah in 1990 Dr Nijat Ullah Siidique presented a list and introduction of 700 books related to Riba. Institute of Policy Studies, Idara Marif-e-Islami Lahore, Islamic Research Academy Karachi, Idara Taleemi Tehqeeq Lahore, Mehran Academy, Institute of Regional Studies are working independently but with intellectual harmony with Jamaat. There weekly and monthly publications, newsletters, Research reports deal with the solutions of theoretical and practical issues facing by Islamists. Other than that advanced organizations like Idara Tarjumanul Quran Lahore, Islamic Publications Lahore, Al-Badar Publications Lahore, Idara-ul-Hasnaat Lahore, Idara Matboaat-e-Tulba Lahore, Hira Publications Lahore, Manshoorat Mansoorah Lahore and Idara Matboaat-e-Kashmir Rawalpindi are also publishing wide range of Islamic Literature. These organizations are also translating the literature in different languages of the world. According to the annual report of Islamic Publications Lahore in 1996, Publisher sold the books of 8.4 million rupees out of which books of 3.3 million are sent abroad. Similarly Tehriq-e-Mehnat distributed the books worth 3.2 million in 1996 and 4593 sets of Tafhim al-Qur’an are sold. Magazines and digests are also the source of preaching and conveying ideological messages. These magazines are also the source of understanding Islam, knowing Islamic movements and their needs, setting preferences for quest and struggle. Monthly publications include Tarjuman-ul Quran, Monthly Aain, Jareedaul Ittehad, Afkar-e-Mualam, Hamqadam, Mashqaat, Al-Misbah, Nida-e-Kisan, Pukar, Milli Naveed-e-Saher, Islam aur Esaiyat, Wasti Asia k Musalmaan, weekly Asia, Jisarat Friday Special and 15 days Jihad-e-Kashmir are the interpreter of revolutionary thinking of Jamaat. More than one lac copies of children books are published. Pegham, Saathi, Mujahid, Bazm-e-Quran, Noor, Chandnagar are very famous among those. For females Al-Hasnaat and Khawateen Magzine are configured keeping in mind the latest needs of them.

Education[link]

Jamaat is running the Hira Pakistan Project with the help of Tanzeem-e-Usatza. Another project of Al Ghazali Trust is successfully running and made records. Jamaat made a department named Islami Nizamat-e-Taleem headed by Prof. Ghafoor Ahmed who is responsible of making the educational course and literature. This department has a contact with 600 different schools. New sub-department is introduced in this under the name Bethak School and running 63 open air schools country wide. Under Rabita-ul-Madaris Al-Islamia 164 missionary schools are working under Jamaat control. 94 schools out of 164 are working with the name of Tafheem-ul-Quran.

[edit] Members of Central Majlis-e-Shoora

1. Syed Munawar Hasan, Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
2. Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Former Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
3. Prof. Khurshid Ahmed, Naib Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
4. Prof. Ghafoor Ahmed, Naib Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
5. Ch. Muhammad Aslam Salimi, Naib Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
6. Dr. Muhammad Kamal, Naib Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
7. Sirajul Haq, Naib Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
8. Liaqat Baloch, Qayyam, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
9. Dr. Fareed Ahmed Paracha, Naib Qayyam, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
10. Mian Maqsood Ahmed, Naib Qayyam, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
11. Khalid Rahman, Naib Qayyam, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
12. Qamar Maiman, Naib Qayyam, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
13. Hafiz Sajid Anwar, Naib Qayyam, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
14. Prof. Muhammad Ibrahim, Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Khaiber Pakhtoon Khah
15. Asadullah Bhutto Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Sindh
16. Dr. Syed Waseem Akhtar, Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Punjab
17. Abdul Matin Akhunzada, Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Balochistan
18. Shabbir Ahmed Khan, Qayyam, Khaibar, PakhtoonKha
19. Nazeer Ahmed Janjooa, Qayyam Punjab
20. Zahid Akhtar Baloch, Qayyam Balochistan
21. Mowlana Abdul Haq Hashmi, Queta, Balochistan
22. Mowlana Abdul Hayyi Madukhail, Quata, Balochistan
23. Muhammad Husain Mehnti, Karachi, Sindh
24. Nasrullah Shaji, Karachi, Sindh
25. Dr Mirajul Huda Siddiqui, Karachi, Sindh
26. Hafiz Naeemul Rahman, Karachi, Sindh
27. Syed Muhammad Iqbal, Karachi, Sindh
28. Rashid Naseed, Karachi, Sindh
29. Shaikh Rafiq Ahmed, Karachi, Sindh
30. Hamidullah Khan, Karachi, Sindh
31. Niamat Ullah, Karachi, Sindh
32. Abdul Waheed Qureshi, Hyderabad, Sindh
33. Hafiz Lutfullah Bhutto, Matyari, Sindh
34. Syed Shahid Hashmi, Karachi, Sindh
35. Dr Mumtaz Ali Maiman, Sakhar, Sindh
36. Hafiz Nasrullah Aziz, Kashmor, Sindh
37. Sahbzada Haroonul Rashid, Peshawar, Khaibar Pakhtoon Khah
38. Zarnoor Afreedi Bajor, Khaibar Pakhtoon Khah
39. Sardar Khan Bajor, Khaibar Pakhtoon Khah
40. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Khalil, Peshawar, Khaibar Pakhtoon Khah
41. Dr. Liaqat Ali Kausar, Okara, Punjab

Personalities[link]

• Sayyid Abul A'la Maududi - Founder Ameer
• Mian Tufail Mohammad - 2nd Ameer
• Qazi Hussain Ahmad - 3rd Ameer
• Khurram Murad- Scholar and Ex Naib Ameer and Ameer
• Syed Munawar Hasan - Present Ameer, Formal Nazim-e-A'la Islami Jamiat-e-Talba
• Liaqat Baloch- Qayyam Jamaat
• Khurshid Ahmad (Islamic scholar) - Naib Ameer
• Prof. Ghafoor Ahmed- Naib Ameer
• Syed. Shahid Hashmi
• Siraj ul Haq - Naib Ameer
• Prof. Muhammad Waqas Khan -
• Dr. Syed Waseem Akhter - Ameer-e-Jamaat, Punjab
• Dr. Nazir Ahmad Shaheed - DG Khan
• Ch. Rehmat Ilahi
• Sufi Raja Akbar hussain - Founder of Jamat-e-Islami Gujar Khan Wing
• Mian Aslam - Ameer-e-Jamat Islamabad, Ex MNA
• Dr Liaqat Ali Kausar - Ameer-e-jamat Okara
• Hafiz Salman Butt - Lahore

See also[link]

• Dr Israr Ahmed
• Javed Ahmed Ghamdi
• Sayed Ahmad Khan
• Amin Ahsan Islahi

External links[link]

• Official website (English)
• Profile: Jamaat-e-Islami & Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi GlobalSecurity.org
• Bangladesh ruling party expels MP BBC, 25 November 2005
• Pakistan rulers claim poll boost BBC, 7 October 2005
• Who's afraid of the six-party alliance? BBC, 17 August 2005
• Pakistan 'hate' paper crackdown BBC, 16 August 2005
• Radical links of UK's 'moderate' Muslim group Martin Bright, The Observer, 14 August 2005
• Congressional Report: The New Islamist International(from FAS site) Bill McCollum, U.S. Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, 1993-2-1
• Tanzeem-e-Islami (Tehreek-e-Khilafah)

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Maulana Tariq Jameel (Urdu: مولانا طارق جمیل) (born 1953) is an Islamic scholar from Pakistan.^[1] His native town is Tulambah near Mian Channu. His father was an agriculturist who belonged to the Muslim Rajputs community.^{[citation needed]}

Tariq Jameel was born and raised in Mian Channu. In his childhood he lived a relatively modest life but religion was not a major part of his life and his family in particular. It wasn't until he pursued his M.B.B.S. in Lahore that his focus shifted towards Islam. After completing his Higher Secondary School education (a.k.a. F.Sc in some regions of Pakistan) in pre-medical (equivalent to A 'levels') from Government College, Lahore, he took admission in King Edward Medical College in Lahore. He intended to do his M.B.B.S., but he soon switched to Islamic education. He then went on to receive Islamic education from Jamia Arabia, Raiwind (near Lahore), Pakistan where he studied Quran, Hadith, Sharia, Tasawwuf, logic and Fiqh.^{[citation needed]}

Transition towards Islam[link]

His proclivity towards Islam grew during hostel life in Lahore and can mainly be attributed to the group members of Tablighi Jamaat who he became friends with during his college life.^{[citation needed]}

Rise to prominence[link]

He has a simple style of elaborating the purpose of human life and its creation and often uses scientific examples to support his argument. He has delivered lectures to all types of communities in the society with the attendees being doctors, engineers, professors, businessmen, landlords, government officials, TV/film artists, ministers/politicians and sports celebrities.^{[citation needed]}

Islamic teachings[link]

Tariq Jameel’s lectures incorporate a wide range of issues of Islam and social concern. He especially emphasizes on self-purification, avoidance of violent ways, observance of Allah’s orders and to follow the Prophet [[Muhammad PBUH's sunnah. He is a staunch critic of moral degeneration, indecent practices and shamelessness.^{[citation needed]}

References[link]

Maulana Tariq Jameel Latest Bayan

External links[link]

• Maulana Tariq Jameel Video Bayan
• Maulana Tariq Jameel (Also Molana Tariq Jamil) Urdu MP3 Islamic Lectures Bayans
• Latest Lectures of Maulana Tariq Jameel from in HQ MP3 Format
• A complete list of all of Maulana Tariq Jamils speeches. Over 1250 Lectures
• Tariq Jamil Web Site

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Siraj ul Haq (born 5 September 1962) (سيراج الحق) is a political leader in Pakistan. He is originally from Samar Bagh, Distt. Dir, a remote area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan.

He played an active role in student politics in the late 1980s. He also elected all Pakistan presidents of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba in 1989 and 19??. He holds an MA (??) and from the University of Peshawar. He was a member of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly in 2008.

Today, Mr Siraj ul Haq is the Assistant Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan's Islamic religio-political party. He was also a senior minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa^[1] in cabinet of Akram Durrani. He was the Amer of Jamaat-e-islamie Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. He belongs to a middle class family.

References[link]

Imran Khan Niazi عمران خان نیازی
Personal details
Born	(1952-11-25) 25 November 1952 (age 59) Lahore, West Punjab, Dominion of Pakistan
Political party	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Spouse(s)	Jemima Khan (1995–2004)
Children	Sulaiman Qasim Khan
Residence	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Alma mater	Keble College, Oxford
Occupation	Politician Philanthropist Cricketer
Religion	Islam
Website	PTI

Imran Khan Niazi (Urdu: عمران خان نیازی; born 25 November 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former cricketer, playing international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century. After retiring, he entered politics. Currently, besides his political activism, Khan is also a philanthropist, cricket commentator, Chancellor of the University of Bradford and Founder and Chairman Board of Governors of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre.

Arguably Pakistan's most successful cricket captain, Khan played for the Pakistani cricket team from 1971 to 1992 and served as its captain intermittently throughout 1982–1992.^[1] After retiring from cricket at the end of the 1987 World Cup, he was called back to join the team in 1988. At 39, Khan led his teammates to Pakistan's first and only World Cup victory in 1992. He has a record of 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test cricket, making him one of eight world cricketers to have achieved an 'All-rounder's Triple' in Test matches.^[2] On 14 July 2010, Khan was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.^[3]

In April 1996, Khan founded and became the chairman of a political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice).^[4] He represented Mianwali as a member of the National Assembly from November 2002 to October 2007.^[5] Foreign Policy magazine has described him as "Pakistan's Ron Paul".^[6]

Through worldwide fundraising, he has also helped establish the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre in 1996 and Mianwali's Namal College in 2008.

Family, education, and personal life[link]

Imran Khan was born in Lahore, the only son of Ikramullah Khan Niazi, a civil engineer, and his wife Shaukat Khanum.^[7] Although long settled in Mianwali in Punjab, the family were of Pashtun ethnicity and belonged to the Niazi Shermankhel tribe.^[8] A quiet and shy boy in his youth, Khan grew up with his four sisters in relatively affluent (upper middle-class) circumstances^[9] and received a privileged education. He was educated the Cathedral School in Lahore, the Royal Grammar School Worcester in England, where he excelled at cricket, and at Aitchison College, Lahore. In 1972, he enrolled to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Keble College, Oxford, where he graduated with a second-class degree in Politics and a third in Economics.^[10] Khan's mother hailed from the Burki family which had produced several successful hockey players,^[7] as also cricketers such as Javed Burki and Majid Khan.^[8] Early in life, Khan developed an interest in cricket, which is an extremely popular sport in Pakistan.

Marriage to Jemima Marcelle Goldsmith[link]

On 16 May 1995, Khan married Jemima Goldsmith, in an Islamic ceremony in Paris. A month later, on 21 June, they were married again in a civil ceremony at the Richmond register office in England, followed by a reception at the Goldsmiths' house in Surrey.^[11] . The marriage, described as "tough" by Khan,^[8] produced two sons, Sulaiman Isa (born 18 November 1996) and Kasim (born 10 April 1999).^[12] As an agreement of his marriage, Khan spent four months a year in England. On 22 June 2004, it was announced that the Khans had divorced because it was "difficult for Jemima to adapt to life in Pakistan".^[13] The marriage ended amicably. Imran has regular access to his children and his relationship with his ex-wife is friendly. Khan now resides in Bani Gala, Islamabad, where he built a farmhouse with the money he gained from selling his London flat. He grows fruit trees, wheat, and keeps cows, while also maintaining a cricket ground for his two sons, who visit during their holidays.^[8]

Cricket career[link]

Pride of Performance Award Recipient
Imran Khan was recipient of the Pride of Performance Award 1983
Presented by	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Date	1983
Country	Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Khan made a lacklustre first-class cricket debut at the age of sixteen in Lahore. By the start of the 1970s, he was playing for his home teams of Lahore A (1969–70), Lahore B (1969–70), Lahore Greens (1970–71) and, eventually, Lahore (1970–71).^[14] Khan was part of Oxford University's Blues Cricket team during the 1973–75 seasons.^[10] At Worcestershire, where he played county cricket from 1971 to 1976, he was regarded as only an average medium pace bowler. During this decade, other teams represented by Khan include Dawood Industries (1975–76) and Pakistan International Airlines (1975–76 to 1980–81). From 1983 to 1988, he played for Sussex.^[2]

In 1971, Khan made his Test cricket debut against England at Birmingham. Three years later, he debuted in the One Day International (ODI) match, once again playing against England at Nottingham for the Prudential Trophy. After graduating from Oxford and finishing his tenure at Worcestershire, he returned to Pakistan in 1976 and secured a permanent place on his native national team starting from the 1976–77 season, during which they faced New Zealand and Australia.^[14] Following the Australian series, he toured the West Indies, where he met Tony Greig, who signed him up for Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket.^[2] His credentials as one of the fastest bowlers of the world started to establish when he finished third at 139.7 km/h in a fast bowling contest at Perth in 1978, behind Jeff Thomson and Michael Holding, but ahead of Dennis Lillee, Garth Le Roux and Andy Roberts.^[2]

As a fast bowler, Khan reached the peak of his powers in 1982. In 9 Tests, he got 62 wickets at 13.29 each, the lowest average of any bowler in Test history with at least 50 wickets in a calendar year.^[15] In January 1983, playing against India, he attained a Test bowling rating of 922 points. Although calculated retrospectively (ICC player ratings did not exist at the time), Khan's form and performance during this period ranks third in the ICC's All-Time Test Bowling Rankings.^[16]

Khan achieved the all-rounder's triple (securing 3000 runs and 300 wickets) in 75 Tests, the second fastest record behind Ian Botham's 72. He is also established as having the second highest all-time batting average of 61.86 for a Test batsman playing at position 6 of the batting order.^[17] He played his last Test match for Pakistan in January 1992, against Sri Lanka at Faisalabad. Khan retired permanently from cricket six months after his last ODI, the historic 1992 World Cup final against England at Melbourne, Australia.^[18] He ended his career with 88 Test matches, 126 innings and scored 3807 runs at an average of 37.69, including six centuries and 18 fifties. His highest score was 136 runs. As a bowler, he took 362 wickets in Test cricket, which made him the first Pakistani and world's fourth bowler to do so.^[2] In ODIs, he played 175 matches and scored 3709 runs at an average of 33.41. His highest score remains 102 not out. His best ODI bowling is documented at 6 wickets for 14 runs.

Captaincy[link]

At the height of his career, in 1982, the thirty-year-old Khan took over the captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team from Javed Miandad. Recalling his initial discomfort with this new role, he later said, "When I became the cricket captain, I couldn’t speak to the team directly I was so shy. I had to tell the manager, I said listen can you talk to them, this is what I want to convey to the team. I mean early team meetings I use to be so shy and embarrassed I couldn’t talk to the team."^[19] As a captain, Khan played 48 Test matches, out of which 14 were won by Pakistan, 8 lost and the rest of 26 were drawn. He also played 139 ODIs, winning 77, losing 57 and ending one in a tie.^[2]

In the team's second match under his leadership, Khan led them to their first Test win on English soil for 28 years at Lord's.^[20] Khan's first year as captain was the peak of his legacy as a fast bowler as well as an all-rounder. He recorded the best Test bowling of his career while taking 8 wickets for 58 runs against Sri Lanka at Lahore in 1981–82.^[2] He also topped both the bowling and batting averages against England in three Test series in 1982, taking 21 wickets and averaging 56 with the bat. Later the same year, he put up a highly acknowledged performance in a home series against the formidable Indian team by taking 40 wickets in six Tests at an average of 13.95. By the end of this series in 1982–83, Khan had taken 88 wickets in 13 Test matches over a period of one year as captain.^[14]

Imran Khan's test career bowling statistics

This same Test series against India, however, also resulted in a stress fracture in his shin that kept him out of cricket for more than two years. An experimental treatment funded by the Pakistani government helped him recover by the end of 1984 and he made a successful comeback to international cricket in the latter part of the 1984–85 season.^[2]

In 1987, Khan led Pakistan to its first ever Test series win in India, which was followed by Pakistan's first series victory in England the same year.^[20] During the 1980s, his team also recorded three creditable draws against the West Indies. India and Pakistan co-hosted the 1987 World Cup, but neither ventured beyond the semi-finals. Khan retired from international cricket at the end of the World Cup. In 1988, he was asked to return to the captaincy by the President Of Pakistan, General Zia-Ul-Haq, and on 18 January, he announced his decision to rejoin the team.^[2] Soon after returning to the captaincy, Khan led Pakistan to another winning tour in the West Indies, which he has recounted as "the last time I really bowled well".^[8] He was declared Man of the Series against West Indies in 1988 when he took 23 wickets in 3 tests.^[2]

Khan's career-high as a captain and cricketer came when he led Pakistan to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Playing with a brittle batting line-up, Khan promoted himself as a batsman to play in the top order along with Javed Miandad, but his contribution as a bowler was minimal. At the age of 39, Khan scored the highest runs of all the Pakistani batsmen and took the winning last wicket himself.^[14]

Post-retirement[link]

In 1994, Khan had admitted that, during Test matches, he "occasionally scratched the side of the ball and lifted the seam." He had also added, "Only once did I use an object. When Sussex were playing Hampshire in 1981 the ball was not deviating at all. I got the 12th man to bring out a bottle top and it started to move around a lot."^[21] In 1996, Khan successfully defended himself in a libel action brought forth by former English captain and all-rounder Ian Botham and batsman Allan Lamb over comments they alleged were made by Khan in two articles about the above-mentioned ball-tampering and another article published in an Indian magazine, India Today. They claimed that, in the latter publication, Khan had called the two cricketers "racist, ill-educated and lacking in class." Khan protested that he had been misquoted, saying that he was defending himself after having admitted that he tampered with a ball in a county match 18 years ago.^[22] Khan won the libel case, which the judge labelled a "complete exercise in futility", with a 10–2 majority decision by the jury.^[22]

Since retiring, Khan has written opinion pieces on cricket for various British and Asian newspapers, especially regarding the Pakistani national team. His contributions have been published in India's Outlook magazine,^[23] the Guardian,^[24] the Independent, and the Telegraph. Khan also sometimes appears as a cricket commentator on Asian and British sports networks, including BBC Urdu^[25] and the Star TV network.^[26] In 2004, when the Indian cricket team toured Pakistan after 14 years, he was a commentator on TEN Sports' special live show, Straight Drive,^[27] while he was also a columnist for sify.com for the 2005 India-Pakistan Test series.^[28] He has provided analysis for every cricket World Cup since 1992, which includes providing match summaries for BBC during the 1999 World Cup.^[28]

In November 2009 Khan underwent emergency surgery at Lahore's Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital to remove an obstruction in his small intestine.^[29]

Social work[link]

For more than four years after retiring from cricket in 1992, Khan focused his efforts solely on social work. By 1991, he had founded the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, a charity organisation bearing the name of his mother, Mrs. Shaukat Khanum. As the Trust's maiden endeavour, Khan established Pakistan's first and only cancer hospital, constructed using donations and funds exceeding $25 million, raised by Khan from all over the world.^[4] Inspired by the memory of his mother, who died of cancer, the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, a charitable cancer hospital with 75 percent free care, opened in Lahore on 29 December 1994.^[8] Khan currently serves as the chairman of the hospital and continues to raise funds through charity and public donations.^[30]

During the 1990s, Khan also served as UNICEF's Special Representative for Sports^[31] and promoted health and immunisation programmes in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand.^[32]

On 27 April 2008, Khan's brainchild, a technical college in the Mianwali District called Namal College, was inaugurated. Namal College was built by the Mianwali Development Trust (MDT), as chaired by Khan, and was made an associate college of the University of Bradford (of which Khan is Chancellor) in December 2005.^[33] Currently, Khan is building another cancer hospital in Karachi, using his successful Lahore institution as a model. While in London, he also works with the Lord’s Taverners, a cricket charity.^[4]

Political work[link]

Imran Khan, Chairman, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in World Economic Forum

In 1996, Khan founded a political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which emphasized on anti-corruption policies.^[8][34] The newly formed party was unable to win a seat during the 1997 Pakistani general election.^[35] Khan supported General Pervez Musharraf's military coup in 1999,^[36] believing Musharraf would "end corruption, clear out the political mafias".^[37] According to Khan, he was Musharraf's choice of prime minister in 2002 but turned down the offer.^[38] The 2002 Pakistani general election were held in October across 272 constituencies. Khan anticipated doing well in the elections and was prepared to form a coalition if his party did not get a majority of the vote.^[39] He was elected from the NA-71 constituency of Mianwali and being the only party member to have secured a seat, PTI won only 0.8% of the popular vote. Khan, who was sworn in as an MP on 16 November,^[40] remained part of the Standing Committees on Kashmir and Public Accounts, and expressed legislative interest in Foreign Affairs, Education and Justice.^[41]

On 6 May 2005, Khan became one of the first Muslim figures to criticise a 300-word Newsweek story about the alleged desecration of the Qur'an in a U.S. military prison at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Khan held a press conference to denounce the article and demanded that Gen. Pervez Musharraf secure an apology from the American president George W. Bush for the incident.^[42]. In June 2007, the federal Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr. Sher Afghan Khan Niazi and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party filed separate ineligibility references against Khan, asking for his disqualification as member of the National Assembly on grounds of immorality. Both references, filed on the basis of articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution of Pakistan, were rejected on 5 September.^[43]

On 2 October 2007, as part of the All Parties Democratic Movement, Khan joined 85 other MPs to resign from Parliament in protest of the Presidential election scheduled for 6 October, which General Musharraf was contesting without resigning as army chief.^[5] On 3 November 2007, Khan was put under house arrest at his father's home hours after President Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan. Khan had demanded the death penalty for Musharraf after the imposition of emergency rule, which he equated to "committing treason". The next day, on 4 November, Khan escaped and went into peripatetic hiding.^[44] He eventually came out of hiding on 14 November to join a student protest at the University of the Punjab.^[45] At the rally, Khan was captured by students from the Jamaat-i-Islami political party, who claimed that Khan was an uninvited nuisance at the rally, and they handed him over to the police, who charged him under the Anti-terrorism act for allegedly inciting people to pick up arms, calling for civil disobedience, and for spreading hatred.^[46].

On 30 October, 2011, Imran Khan changed the political picture of the country by addressing more than 100,000 supporters, challenging the policies of the current government, calling this new change a "tsunami" against the ruling parties,^[47] followed by another successful public gathering in Karachi on 25 December, 2011.^[48] Since then Imran Khan has become a real threat for the current ruling parties and future political prospect in Pakistan. According to International Republican Institute (IRI)'s survey, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) tops the list of popular parties in Pakistan both at the national as well as provincial level, leaving Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peopleís Party (PPP) behind.^[49]

Ideology[link]

Khan's proclaimed political platform and declarations include: Islamic values, to which he rededicated himself in the 1990s; liberal economics, with the promise of deregulating the economy and creating a welfare state; decreased bureaucracy and the implementation of anti-corruption laws, to create and ensure a clean government; the establishment of an independent judiciary; overhaul of the country's police system; and an anti-militant vision for a democratic Pakistan.^[18][26][50]

Khan told Britain's Daily Telegraph, "I want Pakistan to be a welfare state and a genuine democracy with a rule of law and an independent judiciary."^[18] Other ideas he has presented include a requirement of all students to spend a year after graduation teaching in the countryside and cutting down the over-staffed bureaucracy in order to send them to teach too.^[51] "We need decentralisation, empowering people at the grass roots," he has said.^[52]

Criticism[link]

Khan had a child out of wedlock with Ana-Luisa White (Sita White).^[53] This was confirmed by a judgement of paternity rendered by a Superior Court of the State of California for the county of Los Angeles in favour of White^[54] wherein it was held that Khan was the father of a female child born on June 15, 1992.^{[55][56][not in citation given]} Khan did not challenge that judgement and in 2004 accepted the child as his daughter. He and his wife Jemima became the girls guardians.^{[57][58] [59] [60] [61]}

During the 1970s and 1980s, Khan became known as a socialite due to his "non-stop partying" at London nightclubs such as Annabel's and Tramp, though he claims to have hated English pubs and to never drink alcohol.^{[4][8][26][42]} He gained notoriety in London gossip columns for romancing young debutantes such as Susannah Constantine, Lady Liza Campbell and the artist Emma Sergeant.^[8]

Khan is often dismissed as a political lightweight^[45] and a celebrity outsider in Pakistan,^[19] where national newspapers also refer to him as a "spoiler politician".^[62] The Muttahida Qaumi Movement, has asserted that Khan is "a sick person who has been a total failure in politics and is alive just because of the media coverage".^[63] Political observers say the crowds he draws are attracted by his cricketing celebrity, and the public has been reported to view him as a figure of entertainment rather than a serious political authority.^[51]

Declan Walsh in The Guardian newspaper in England in 2005 described Khan as a "miserable politician," observing that, "Khan's ideas and affiliations since entering politics in 1996 have swerved and skidded like a rickshaw in a rainshower... He preaches democracy one day but gives a vote to reactionary mullahs the next."^[64] The charge constantly raised against Khan is that of hypocrisy and opportunism, including what has been called his life's "playboy to puritan U-turn."^[19] Political commentator Najam Sethi, stated that, "A lot of the Imran Khan story is about backtracking on a lot of things he said earlier, which is why this doesn’t inspire people."^[19]. He is also criticized for being a puppet of Pakistan's 'establishment'.^[65]

Awards and honours[link]

Khan in Germany

• Khan is featured in the University of Oxford's Hall of Fame and has been an honorary fellow of Oxford's Keble College.^[31]
• In 1976 as well as 1980, Khan was awarded The Cricket Society Wetherall Award for being the leading all-rounder in English first-class cricket.
• In 1983, he was also named Wisden Cricketer of the Year
• In 1983, he had received the President’s Pride of Performance Award
• In 1985, Sussex Cricket Society Player of the Year
• In 1990, Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year^[14]
• In 1992, Khan was given Pakistan's civil award, the Hilal-i-Imtiaz
• On 8 July 2004, Khan was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 Asian Jewel Awards in London, for "acting as a figurehead for many international charities and working passionately and extensively in fund-raising activities.^[66]
• On 7 December 2005, Khan was appointed the fifth Chancellor of the University of Bradford, where he is also a patron of the Born in Bradford research project.
• On 13 December 2007, Khan received the Humanitarian Award at the Asian Sports Awards in Kuala Lumpur for his efforts in setting up the first cancer hospital in Pakistan.^[67]
• On 5 July 2008, he was one of several veteran Asian cricketers presented special silver jubilee awards at the inaugural Asian cricket Council (ACC) award ceremony in Karachi.^[68]
• In 2009, at International Cricket Council's centennial year celebration, Khan was one of fifty-five cricketers inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.^[69]
• In 2011 he was given Jinnah award.

Writings by Khan[link]

Khan has published six works of non-fiction, including an autobiography co-written with Patrick Murphy. He periodically writes editorials on cricket and Pakistani politics in several leading Pakistani and British newspapers. It was revealed in 2008 that Khan's second book, Indus Journey: A Personal View of Pakistan, had required heavy editing from the publisher. The publisher Jeremy Lewis revealed in a memoir that when he asked Khan to show his writing for publication, "he handed me a leatherbound notebook or diary containing a few jottings and autobiographical snippets. It took me, at most, five minutes to read them; and that, it soon became apparent, was all we had to go on."^[70]

Books

• Khan, Imran (1989). Imran Khan's cricket skills. London : Golden Press in association with Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-56349-9. 
• Khan, Imran & Murphy, Patrick (1983). Imran: The autobiography of Imran Khan. Pelham Books. ISBN 0-7207-1489-3. 
• Khan, Imran (1991). Indus Journey: A Personal View of Pakistan. Chatto & Windus. ISBN 0-7011-3527-1. 
• Khan, Imran (1992). All Round View. Mandarin. ISBN 0-7493-1499-0. 
• Khan, Imran (1993). Warrior Race: A Journey Through the Land of the Tribal Pathans. Chatto Windus. ISBN 0-7011-3890-4. 
• Khan, Imran (2011). Pakistan: A Personal History. Bantam Press. ISBN 0-593-06774-6. 

Articles

• Guardian comments, political and cricket commentary by Khan
• Telegraph columns, sports articles penned by Khan from 2000 to present
• We must address the root causes of this terror, Khan's editorial in the Independent following the 11 September attacks
• Benazir Bhutto has only herself to blame, Khan's 2007 editorial on Bhutto's return to Pakistan

In popular culture[link]

After the permission from him, Kaptaan is a biographical film about him.

References[link]