Hafiz Hussain Ahmed

Hafiz Hussain Ahmed was a Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar who twice served as member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007 and from 1988 to 1990 and also Member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 1991 to March 1994.

Background

Hussain Ahmed was born in 1951 in a religious family of Quetta. He got his education in Arabic, Islamic literature, Quran, Hadith and Fiqh in early childhood. He was Deobandi and was also the holder of traditional Dars-i Nizami and Sanad in Hafiz-e-Quran.
Ahmed died from kidney failure on 19 March 2025.

Political career

In early 1973, Ahmed started his political career from Balochistan at the provisional level and then at the national level, Thereafter he led important positions in Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam and Pakistan National Alliance, and was also Deputy Parliamentary Leader in the National Assembly.