 Professor Sajid Mir was elected unopposed as the president of Markazi Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith at the party's central executive committee meeting on Sunday. Hafiz Abdul Kareem and Haji Abdur Razzaq were nominated as the party's general and finance secretaries.
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Professor Abdul Rehman Ludhyanvi, Mufti Muhammad Yousaf, Maulana Meraj Khan, Maulana Ali Muhammad Abu Turab and Maulana Shahbuddin Madani would head the party in the Punjab, Sindh, NWFP, Balochistan and Azad Kashmir, respectively. While Hafiz Shahid Ameenm, Maulana Afzal Sardar, Maulana Fazalur Rehman Madani, Maulana Azizur Rehman Zamrani and Muhammad Sadiq Mir would serve as the party's provincial general secretaries. The officials are to serve their respective offices for a term of four years. The party's patron-in-chief Maulana Mueenuddin Lakhvi chaired the meeting.
Members of the Jamiat passed a resolution condemning the proposed amendments to the Hudood Ordinance and warned they would protest if the "government tries to change the Islamic clauses of the Constitution". |