Liaqat Baloch

**Liaqat Baloch**
Liaqat Baloch
لیاقت بلوچ
Naib Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 May 2019
Preceded by	Khurshid Ahmad
Secretary General of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
	In office; 27 April 2019 – 21 May 2019
Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami
	In office; May 2009 – 27 April 2019
Succeeded by	Ameer ul Azeem
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
	In office; 18 November 2002 – 23 July 2007
Constituency	NA-126 (Lahore-IX)
	In office; 3 November 1990 – 16 October 1993
	In office; 21 March 1985 – 2 December 1988
Constituency	Lahore
Personal details
Born	9 December 1952 (age 71); Muzaffargarh, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Jamaat-e-Islami
Website	liaqatbaloch.com

Liaqat Baloch (Urdu: لیاقت بلوچ‎; born 9 December 1952) is a political leader in Pakistan. He is originally from Muzaffargarh, a remote area of southern Punjab – although his family's origins are in the nearby province of Balochistan.

He played an active role in student politics in the late 1970s. And at the University of the Punjab where he was elected president of the Students Union in 1976. He also elected all Pakistan president of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba in 1977 and 1978. He holds an MA (Mass Communication) and LLB degree from the University of the Punjab. He was a member of the Pakistani parliament in 1985, 1990 and 2002.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Today, Baloch lives in Lahore and currently serving as the Naib Ameer (Deputy Chief) of Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan's Islamic religio-political party and also served as the Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami until 2019.^[4]^[5] He was also the secretary-general of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and the deputy leader of the opposition in the National Assembly.^[6]^[7]

His sister-in-law is Dr Tahira Basharat, an important figure attached to the department of Islamic Studies at the University of the Punjab, where she served as Professor and Dean.^[8]

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↑ "7th National Assembly from 1985 to 1988. List of Members and Addresses" (PDF). na.gov.pk. National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 26 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "9th National Assembly from 1990 to 1993. List of Members and Addresses" (PDF). na.gov.pk. National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 26 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Amirul Azeem JI's new secretary general". The News International (newspaper). 27 April 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "JI praises Afghan people for achieving 'great victory'". Business recorder (newspaper). 17 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "2018 elections: Are MMA's chances of winning in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa overrated?". Geo News. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "Jamaat-e-Islami parts way with MMA". Dunya News. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "Punjab University being taken back to the 'dark days'". Pakistan Today (newspaper). 6 September 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[1] "7th National Assembly from 1985 to 1988. List of Members and Addresses" (PDF). na.gov.pk. National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 26 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "9th National Assembly from 1990 to 1993. List of Members and Addresses" (PDF). na.gov.pk. National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 26 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Amirul Azeem JI's new secretary general". The News International (newspaper). 27 April 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[5] "JI praises Afghan people for achieving 'great victory'". Business recorder (newspaper). 17 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[6] "2018 elections: Are MMA's chances of winning in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa overrated?". Geo News. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[7] "Jamaat-e-Islami parts way with MMA". Dunya News. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[8] "Punjab University being taken back to the 'dark days'". Pakistan Today (newspaper). 6 September 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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