Maulvi Abdul Haleem

Muhammad Ilyas Khan

Candidate From: NA-23 (Kohistan)

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

Address: Pattan, Kohistan

Phone: 405118

Address (Islamabad):
G-307, Parliament Lodges, Islamabad

After studying religion at various Madaris in Kohistan, Shangla and Hazara, Abdul Haleem received his Wifaqul Madaris degree from Madrassah Jamia Islamia in Mingora, Swat. He is now a Sheikhul Hadith wal Quran and teaches at the Madinatul Uloom seminary in his native Pattan village in Kohistan. In 1985, he was appointed chairman of the district Zakat and Ushr committee. He has held no other office in or outside the JUIF and never contested an election until this year. A contractor with the Frontier forestry department, Haleem also has experience of the timber business.