Pir Ishaq Gailani (born 1954) is a member of

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

's national legislature, the

Wolesi Jirga The House of Representatives of the People, or Da Afghanistan Wolesi Jirga ( ps, دَ افغانستان ولسي جرګه), was the lower house of the bicameral National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, alongside the upper ...

. He founded the

National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan The party known as National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan ( fa, نهضت همبستگی ملی افغانستان, ''Nahzat-e Hambastagi-ye Melli-ye Afghanistan'') is led by Sayed Ishaq Gailani. It supported Hamid Karzai in the 2004 preside ...

. His family includes a number of

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

religious leaders. Pir Ishaq Gailani has a nephew,

Pir Sayed Ishaq Gailani Sayed Ishaq Gailani (born 1954) is a politician in Afghanistan representing Paktika province in the Wolesi Jirga, Afghanistan's lower house of parliament. He is the founder and chairman of the National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan and curre ...

, who has also been elected to the Wolesi Jirga, from Paktika Province, but for a different political party. His grandson,

Sayed Mohmood Hasamuddeen Al-Gailani Sayed Mohmood Hasamuddeen Al-Gailani was elected to represent Ghazni Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. He is from the Pashtun ethnic group. He is a grandson of Pir Gailani, a prominent S ...

, also served in the Wolesi Jirga, representing

Ghazni Ghazni ( prs, غزنی, ps, غزني), historically known as Ghaznain () or Ghazna (), also transliterated as Ghuznee, and anciently known as Alexandria in Opiana ( gr, Αλεξάνδρεια Ωπιανή), is a city in southeastern Afghanistan ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gailani, Ishaq Politicians of Paktika Province Members of the House of the People (Afghanistan) National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan politicians Living people 1954 births