Noor-ul-Haq Qadri is a Pakistani politician who was Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony (20 August 2018 – 10 April 2022). He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2013.
Noor-ul-Haq Qadri | |
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Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony | |
In office 20 August 2018 – 10 April 2022 | |
President | Mamnoon Hussain Arif Alvi |
Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
Preceded by | Muhammad Yusuf Shaikh (caretaker) |
Succeeded by | Abdul Shakoor |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 13 August 2018 – 17 January 2023 | |
Constituency | NA-43 (Tribal Area-IV) |
In office 2002–2013 | |
Constituency | NA-45 (Tribal Area-X) |
President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Erstwhile FATA | |
Assumed office 16 January 2023 | |
Chairman | Imran Khan Gohar Ali Khan |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2017-present) |
He holds a PhD degree.[1]
A Sunni, he belongs to the Barelvi school of thought. He is a prominent religious figure in Landi Kotal and has a large following. His brother Hafiz Abdul Malik is also a politician, having been a senator.[2]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-45 (Tribal Area-X) as an independent candidate in 2002 Pakistani general election.[3][4] He received 9,121 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Ajab Khan Afridi.[5] Reportedly, he served as Minister for Religious Affairs in the federal cabinet during the rule of former President Pervez Musharraf.[6]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-45 (Tribal Area-X) as an independent candidate in 2008 Pakistani general election.[7][8] He received 13,876 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Mohammad Ibrahim Koki Khel.[9] In November 2008, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and was appointed as Federal Minister for Zakat and Ushr[10] where he continued to serve until December 2010.[11] He remained a member of the federal cabinet without portfolio from December 2010 to February 2011.[12]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-45 (Tribal Area-X) as an independent candidate in 2013 Pakistani general election[13] but was unsuccessful.[7] He received 20,181 votes and lost the seat to Alhaj Shah Jee Gul Afridi.[14]
He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in November 2017.[2]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-43 (Tribal Area-IV) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[15] He received 33,243 votes and defeated Alhaj Shah Jee Gul Afridi.[16]
On 18 August, Imran Khan formally announced his federal cabinet structure and Qadri was named as Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony.[17] On 20 August 2018, he was sworn in as Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan.[18]
He condemned the 2020 Karak temple attack, where a mob of 1,500 local Muslims led by a local Islamic cleric and the supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party attacked and burnt the temple.[19][20]