Wifaq-ul-Madaris al-Arabia
Wifaq-ul-Madaris al-Arabia, Pakistan is the largest federation of Islamic seminaries in Pakistan, founded in 1959. More than 10,000 seminaries and 23,000 madaris across Pakistan are affiliated with the federation. It controls all the seminaries which are run by Deobandi School of thought.
Taqi Usmani has been appointed the new president on 19 September 2021 after the death of the former president, Abdur Razzaq Iskander.
Qari Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari is general secretary of the federation. The head office of the federation is situated in Multan.
Functions
The functions of 'Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan' are the registration of seminaries, creation of syllabus, checking standard of education, arrangement of examination and issuance of degrees.Course curriculum
The Dars-i-Nizami is the traditional eight-year Islamic curriculum administered by Wifaq-ul-Madaris al-Arabia for male students and a six-year curriculum for female students. It is structured into four distinct stages, each lasting two years and aligned/equivalence with Pakistan’s formal education system.Presidents
- Shamsul Haq Afghani
- Khair Muhammad Jalandhari – founder of Jamia Khairul Madaris Multan.
- Sayyed Yousuf Banuri – founder of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia.
- Mufti Mahmud
- Muhammad Idrees Meerthi
- Maulana Saleemullah Khan - founder of Jamia Farooqia Karachi.
- Abdur Razzaq Iskander – Chancellor of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia.
- Taqi Usmani