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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2010}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
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|honorific-prefix = [[Senator]]
|name =''Siraj ul Haq''
|native_name =سراج الحق
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سراج الحق
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|order3 = Senior Minister and Provincial Minister of Finance Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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|office = [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan|Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami]]
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|office1 = [[Senate of Pakistan|Member of the Senate of Pakistan]]
|term_start1 = 12 March 2015
|term_end1 = 11 March 2021
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| office5 = [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
| constituency5 = PK-95 Lower Dir
| term_start5 = 31 May 2013
| term_end5 = 11 March 2015
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| term_start6 = November 2002
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'''Siraj ul Haq''' (born 5 September 1962) ({{lang-ur|سراج الحق}}) is a Pakistani politician who was elected as the chief of [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan|Jamaat-e-Islami]], a religious political party in Pakistan which seeks to establish an Islamic legal system. He also served as the [[Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|senior minister]] of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], in the [[Pervez Khattak administration]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/108-pakistan-top-news/165099-sirajul-haq-new-ji-ameer.html|title= Sirajul Haq new JI Ameer}}</ref>

==Early years==
Siraj ul Haq was born in Meerzo village of [[Shabqadar Tehsil]] in [[Charsadda District, Pakistan|Charsadda District]]. However, he is paternally belongs to Samarbagh in [[Lower Dir District]]. His father was a graduate of Darul Uloom Deoband and the superintendent (مہتمم) of a Madrassa. He received his early education at the schools of the region and studied [[political science]] in the [[University of Peshawar]] and MA (Education) from [[University of Punjab]] in (1990). At university, he studied the books of Maulana Syed Abul Aala Maududi and Maulana [[Naeem Siddiqui]]. He joined [[Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba]] and became the chief of [[Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba]] from 1988 to 1991.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan strikes religious school; 80 are reported dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/30/world/asia/30iht-pakistan.3329866.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 October 2006 |access-date=23 April 2011 }}</ref> He has been elected twice as MPA from [[PK-95 (Lower Dir-II)|PK-95]] constituency.

==Political career==
He was elected to [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly]] in the 2002 election from the platform of [[Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal]] and was made finance minister in the provincial cabinet under the leadership of [[Akram Khan Durrani]]. However, he allegedly resigned in protest against the deadly US drone strike on a [[madrassa]] in [[Bajaur Agency]] which resulted in the deaths of 86 children. Though the then Ameer Jamat e Islami, [[Qazi Hussain Ahmad]], claimed that it was the party decision to vacate one of the two offices i.e. Ministry and Ameer Jamat e Islami Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, then N.W.F.P. His party boycotted the 2008 election. In 2013, he contested on Jamaat-e-Islami's ticket and was elected to the assembly.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-142957-Sirajul-Haq-elected-as-new-Jamaat-e-Islami-chief-for-five-years-|title= Sirajul Haq elected as new Jamaat-e-Islami chief for five years|work=The News}}</ref>

He remained the Deputy [[Emir|Ameer]] of Jamaat-e-Islami until 30 March 2014 when he was elected as the Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/689135/sirajul-haq-replaces-munawar-hassan-as-chief-of-jamaat-e-islami/|title=Sirajul Haq replaces Munawar Hassan as chief of Jamaat-e-Islami|work=The Express Tribune|date=30 March 2014}}</ref> In accordance with party rules whereby intra-party elections are held every five years, he was re-elected as Ameer (chief) of Jamaat-e-Islami in March 2019, until March 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/pakistan-sirajul-haq-re-elected-jamaat-e-islami-chief/1424883|title=Siraj re-elected as JI head}}</ref> He remains immensely popular in his constituency and is known for his modesty among friends and foes alike.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/689396/changing-traditions-sirajul-haq-picked-to-head-ji/|title=Changing traditions: Sirajul Haq picked to head JI|work=The Express Tribune|date=31 March 2014}}</ref>

He resigned from the Ministry of Finance in June 2014 right after the budget because, according to party rules, one person cannot hold two offices at the same time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/739859/sirajal-haq-resigns-as-k-p-senior-minister/|title=Sirajul Haq resigns as K-P senior minister|work=The Express Tribune|date=23 July 2014}}</ref> At that time, he was Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami and Senior Minister in KPK Assembly.

He gained immense popularity when [[Imran Khan]] and [[Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri]] announced the Long March against Prime Minister Muhammad Mian [[Nawaz Sharif]]. He acted as a neutral figure. He convinced the government and Imran Khan to negotiate and due to his efforts the government became stable.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/245488--Govt-PTI-negotiations-will-be-successful-Siraju|title=Govt, PTI negotiations will be successful: Sirajul Haq}}</ref> He said that the [[Jamaat-e-Islami]] would not let democracy be derailed an, political differences aside, democracy would be saved. For his efforts, he received an award from the government of Pakistan on 14 August 2014 from President [[Mamnoon Hussain]].

In 2015, he fought and won the election for senate. He is considered to be a senior member of the Parliament of Pakistan.<ref>[https://www.siasat.pk/forum/showthread.php?328164-Siraj-ul-Haq-amp-PTI-s-Mohsin-Aziz-wins-Senate-General-seat ]</ref>

During 2018 general elections, he lost the national assembly seat NA-7 Lower Dir II to his rival candidate, Muhammad Bashir Khan of PTI, by a margin of 16,144 votes and was the runner up.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 October 2018|title=Election Commission of Pakistan. Gazette Notification|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/frmGenericPage.aspx?PageID=3213|access-date=6 September 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==

* {{facebook|SirajOfficial}}
* {{twitter|SirajOfficial}}

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[[Category:University of the Punjab alumni]]
[[Category:Pakistani senators (14th Parliament)]]

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