Noor Mohammad Saqib ( ) is the Minister of Hajj and Awqaf in

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. He also previously served as chief justice of the

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during the 1996–2001 rule of the

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Education

Saqib studied at

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 ...

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and had won first positions both in his seminary and in the Federation of Madrassas of Pakistan in the final

Hadith Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...

examination. A year before the Hadith study, he studied at Madrasa Anwar-ul-Uloom, Central Jamia Masjid,

Gujranwala Gujranwala ( ur, , label=none; ) is a city and capital of Gujranwala Division located in Pakistan. It is also known as "City of Wrestlers" and is quite famous for its food. It is the 5th most populous city proper after Karachi, Lahore, Faisala ...

, where he studied Mishkat Shareef and

Hidayah Hidaayah ( ar, هداية, ''Hidaayah '' ) is an Arabic word meaning "guidance". According to Islamic belief, guidance has been provided by Allah to humans primarily in the form of the Qur'an. Not only through the Quran, but Hidayah, or guidance, ...

from Qazi Hamidullah Khan and Jalalin Sharif from

Zahid Ur Rashdi ''Mawlānā'' Zahid Ur Rashdi (born; 28 October 1948) ( Urdu: مولانا زاہد الراشدی) is Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer, editor, columnist and founding director of Al-Sharia Academy, Gujranwala. He has served as various position ...

References

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