Wifaq-ul-Madaris al-Arabia, Pakistan (

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: ) is the largest federation of Islamic

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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 seminaries which are run by

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School of thought.

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Functions

The functions of 'Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan' are the registration of seminaries, creation of syllabus, checking standard of education, arrangement of examination and issuance of degrees.

Presidents

* Shamsul Haq Afghani (19 October 1959 – 12 January 1963) *

Khair Muhammad Jalandhari Khair Muhammad Jalandhari (1895–1970) ( Urdu: مولانا خير محمّد جالندھرى) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, founder and first rector Jamia Khairul Madaris. He served as president and vice-president of Wifaq ul Madaris Al ...

(12 January 1963 – 22 October 1970) – founder of Jamia Khair-ul-Madaris Multan. * Sayyed Yousuf Banuri (30 May 1973 – 17 October 1977) – founder of

Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia (, ''Jāmiā Ulūm-i Islāmīyā'' / , ''Jāmi‘at-ul-‘Ulūm-ul-Islāmīyah'') is an Islamic University in Binori Town, Banoori Town, Karachi, Pakistan. The university continues the tradition of the Darul Uloom system ...

. *

Mufti Mahmud Mufti Mehmood-ur-Rehman (; 1919–1980) was a Pakistani statesman and Ulama, Islamic scholar who was one of the founding members of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI); widely regarded as one of the greatest politicians in the history of Pakistan ...

(15 May 1978 – 14 October 1980) * Muhammad Idrees Meerthi (30 November 1980 – 1988) * Maulana Saleemullah Khan (8 June 1989 – 15 January 2017) - founder of Jamia Farooqia Karachi.Maulana Saleemullah passes away
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(5 October 2017 – 30 June 2021) – Chancellor of

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(20 September 2021 – present)

References

External links

Wifaq-ul-Madaris Official Website

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Functions

Presidents

See also

References

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