Sahibzada Haji Muhammad Fazal Karim (1954 - 2013) was a Pakistani Religious leader and politician who belonged to a great Intellectual and Spiritual family of the World of Islam. He was a senior and the most vocal member of Pakistan MuslimLeague (N), from which he separated later on, for not adopting a Principled stand against Terrorism.He was elected as founder General Secretary of Jamat e Ahle Sunnat Pakistan in 1978 and later served as Senior Vice President of
Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP).He was elected from
Faisalabad, twice as a member of the Provincial Assembly and Twice as Member of
National Assembly from 1993 to 2013 (till his death). He also served as Minister for Auqaf and Religious Affairs as well as Chairman Muttahida Ulema Board Punjab. He was also the Founder Chairman of the
Sunni Ittehad Council
The Sunni Ittehad Council, formed in 2009, is an alliance of Islamic political and religious parties in Pakistan which represents followers of the Barelvi (Sufi) school of Sunni Islam.
The current chairman of the main 'M' faction is Sayyid Ma ...
, which is an amalgamation of several Barelivi parties across the globe. Suffering from liver cancer, he was hospitalised in Faisalabad in critical condition on April 4, 2013, and died on 15 April 2013.
Early life
Fazal Karim was born on 24 October 1954 at
Faisalabad. He was son of Islamic scholar
Sardar Ahmad Chishti He did his post graduation in Islamic studies from Jamia Rizvia in the year 1987.
Political career
Karim got elected to
Provincial Assembly
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Government & Administration
* Provincial capitals, an administrative sub-national capital of a country
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of
Punjab in 1993 as a member of
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...
and remained till the dissolution of the assembly in 1997. He held the office of Provincial Minister for Religious Affairs during this tenure. In 2002 he got elected on Pakistan Muslim League (N)'s ticket from
NA-82 this time for the
National Assembly of Pakistan
The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...
and completed his five-year term. He was again elected in 2008 from the same constituency.
Under his leadership SIC started long March named, Labaik Ya Rasoolallah long march with the support of
Jamaat Ahle Sunnat, the
Sunni Tehreek
Sunni Tehreek is a Pakistani Barlevi organization. The organization was founded by Muhammad Saleem Qadri in 1990 in order to prevent Barelevi mosques from being seized by Deobandi and Wahabi organizations. It also sees itself as a defender ...
and Jamia UlemaPakistan. Karim stated his view that Pakistan is not a secular country, but rather an Islamic state, and “we will continue our efforts till the enforcement of Islamic law in the country established in the name of Allah after numerous sacrifices."
Death
PML-N President Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi, former chief minister Shahbaz Shari, and other dignitaries sent their condolences. PST also announced mourning and suspension of political activities for three days.
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References
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1954 births
2013 deaths
Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians
People from Faisalabad
Punjabi people
Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007
Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013