Sayed Ishaq Gailani (born 1954) is a politician in Afghanistan representing

Paktika province Paktika (Pashto/Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktika has a population of about 789,000, mostly ethnic Pashtuns. The town of Sharan ...

in 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 ...

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 lower house of

parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ...

. He is the founder and chairman of 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 ...

and currently serves on the Wolesi Jirga's International Relations committee. While still an influential member of the Gailani family, he has claimed leadership of the family and adopted the title Pir. Some of his family recognizes his uncle, Ahmed Gailani, as the leader of the family and the

Qadiriyya The Qadiriyya (), also transliterated Qādirīyah, ''Qadri'', ''Qadriya'', ''Kadri'', ''Elkadri'', ''Elkadry'', ''Aladray'', ''Alkadrie'', ''Adray'', ''Kadray'', ''Kadiri'', ''Qadiri'', ''Quadri'' or ''Qadri'' are members of the Sunni Qadiri ta ...

Sufi order. The resulting dispute has created a feud between the two men. Ishaq Gailani was born in 1954 in the

Shāre Naw Shahr-e Naw ( ps, شهر نو; prs, شهرنو), also spelled Share Naw, Shahre Naow or Shari Naw, is an affluent neighborhood in the northwestern section of Kabul, Afghanistan. It is a downtown commercial area housing most of the bigger buildin ...

section of

Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...

. He attended Masod-e Sad School for his primary and secondary education and later went to Naderia High School.About Sayed Ishaq Gailani (Founder of NSMA)
During testimony at Kako Kandahari's

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Haji Hajji ( ar, الحجّي; sometimes spelled Hadji, Haji, Alhaji, Al-Hadj, Al-Haj or El-Hajj) is an honorific title which is given to a Muslim who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca. It is also often used to refer to an elder, since it ...

Ghalib ) , birth_date = , birth_place = Kala Mahal, Agra, Maratha Confederacy , death_date = , death_place = Gali Qasim Jaan, Ballimaran, Chandni Chowk, Delhi, British India , occupation = Poet , language ...

testified that he had traveled to Persian Gulf during the

Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a Coalition of the Gulf War, 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Ba'athist Iraq, ...

, under the leadership of Said Ghalani, to join the coalition opposing Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Summarized transcripts (.pdf) from Kako Kandahari's ''

'' - pages 62-73 He testified Ghalani was leading a group of Afghan mujahideen called the Mahazamili.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gailani, Pir Sayed Ishaq Politicians of Paktika Province Members of the House of the People (Afghanistan) Living people National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan politicians 1954 births Pashtun politicians Afghan expatriates in Pakistan