Ghulam Ur Rehman ( Urdu: مفتی غلام الرحمن) is a Pakistani religious scholar. He is the founder and the first principal of Jamia Usmania Peshawar, a position he has held since 1992. He has served as the Chairman of the Nifaz-i-Sharia Council (NSC) from 2002 to 2007 and chairman of Higher Education Commission Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Education and career

Ghulam Ur Rehman got his Master's degree in Islamiat and Arabic from the

University of Peshawar The University of Peshawar ( ps, د پېښور پوهنتون; hnd, پشور یونیورسٹی; ur, ; abbreviated UoP; known more popularly as Peshawar University) is a Public university, public research university located in Peshawar, Khy ...

, M.Phil Degree from

Allama Iqbal Open University Allama Iqbal Open University is a public university in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is named after Allama Iqbal. The university is the world's second largest institution of higher learning, with an annual enrollment of 1,121,038 students (), the m ...

, and also attended some courses in

Al-Azhar University , image = جامعة_الأزهر_بالقاهرة.jpg , image_size = 250 , caption = Al-Azhar University portal , motto = , established = *970/972 first foundat ...

. He taught at

Wifaq ul Madaris Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan (Urdu: ) 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 ...

and

Darul Uloom Haqqania Darul Uloom Haqqania or Jamia Dar al-Ulum Haqqania ( ur, ) is an Islamic Seminary (darul uloom or madrasa) in the town of Akora Khattak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northwestern Pakistan. The seminary propagates the Hanafi Deobandi school ...

. He also served as a member of the National Academic Council of Institute of Policy Studies and as a member of Shariah Supervisory Board of the

Bank of Khyber The Bank of Khyber is a provincial government bank owned by Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and based in Peshawar, Pakistan, with 216 branches all over the country. History It was set up as a state-owned, regional bank in 1991 along with the Ba ...

References

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