Mufti Abdul Shakoor (1 January 1968 – 15 April 2023) was a Pakistani politician who served as the Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony from 2022 to 2023. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2018 to 2023.
Abdul Shakoor | |
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| عبد الشکور | |
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| Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony | |
| In office 19 April 2022 – 15 April 2023 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Shahbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Noor-ul-Haq Qadri |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Talha Mahmood |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 13 August 2018 – 15 April 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Qaiser Jamal |
| Constituency | NA-51 (Tribal Area-XII) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1968 Lakki Marwat |
| Died | 15 April 2023 (aged 55) Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal |
| Awards | Hilal-i-Imtiaz (2023; posthumously)[1] |
Early and personal life
editAbdul Shakoor was born on January 1, 1968, in the Tajikhel village of Lakki Marwat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Beginning his religious education at the Madrasah Dara Pizo, he later earned his Master's in Philosophy from Shah Waliullah University in Hyderabad in 1991 and his Master's in Islamic Studies from Darul Uloom Haqqania in 1993. In 2002, he became a khatib or orator at a Jama Masjid located in Peshawar.[2]
He was married twice, with two daughters from his first wife and a son from the second.[2]
Academic career
editAbdul Shakoor was a teacher of different subjects such as philosophy, logic, jurisprudence, hadith, commentary, and fatwa at Peshawar's Darul Uloom e Sirajul Islam for some 20 years.[2]
Political career
editAbdul Shakoor was elected as the Tehsil President of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) students from Bannu and Lakki Marwat while in the fourth grade and later became JUI-F's ‘Ameer’ for tribal areas and special advisor to Fazal-ur-Rehman.[2]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) from constituency NA-51 (Tribal Area-XII) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[3] He received 21,896 votes and defeated Qaiser Jamal.[4]
Death
editAbdul Shakoor died in a traffic accident in Islamabad on 15 April 2023.[5] According to police, Abdul Shakoor was driving when another vehicle smashed into the driver's side of his vehicle. He was rushed to Polyclinic Hospital where he died due to severe internal bleeding. The five people in the other vehicle were arrested.[6]
Awards and honours
edit- Hilal-i-Imtiaz (2023; posthumously)[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "PM decides to award Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Maulana Abdul Shakoor". 17 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d Garwaki, Asmat Shah (17 April 2023). "Remembering Mufti Abdul Shakoor: A brief biography of the late Federal Minister for Religious Affairs". Tribal News Network. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Party-wise breakdown of NA seats as unofficial final results pour in". Geo. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "NA-51 Result - Election Results 2018 - Frontier Region Tribal Area 12 - NA-51 Candidates - NA-51 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ "Religious affairs minister and JUI-F MNA Mufti Abdul Shakoor dies in Islamabad road accident". 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Federal minister Mufti Abdul Shakoor dies in road accident: Islamabad police". Geo News. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
External links
edit- "Mr. Abdul Shakoor", Member Profile, National Assembly of Pakistan, retrieved 13 November 2022
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