Maulana Muhammad Qasim

Muhammad Ilyas Khan

Candidate From: NA-10 (Mardan II)

Party: Jamiat Ulema e Islam - Fazl ur Rahman
Muttahida Majlis e Amal

Address (Mardan):
Darul Uloom Islami, Shergarh, Tehsil Bahi, District Mardan

Phone: 820799

Address (Islamabad):
J-210, Parliament Lodges, Islamabad

The JUI-F's Mardan Naib Amir was born in 1962 in Shergarh, a village in district Mardan, where he received his early education. He also attended Darul Uloom Islamia Arabia, Shergarh, a religious institution then run by his father Maulana Muhammad Ahmad. The latter, incidentally, served as a JUI MNA between 1988 and 1990. An able student, Qasim joined Akora Khattak's Darul Uloom Haqqania and earned the Wifaqul Madaris degree with distinction. He currently administers his father's seminary and enjoys the status of Sheikhul Hadith. Otherwise not a widely traveled man, Qasim was close to the Taleban and visited Afghanistan frequently. He once also made a trip to Dubai to raise funds for Darul Uloom Islamia Arabia.