NOWSHERA: Maulana Abdul Haq Sani, son of late Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani, has been chosen as the central emir of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami (JUI-S) during the party’s Central Council meeting at Jamia Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak.
Maulana Abdul Haq’s appointment as the party chief came via a mutual consensus during the meeting attended by representatives from all four provinces.
The leadership position became vacant following the martyrdom of his father Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani in a suicide bombing that killed seven others at the mosque inside the Jamia Darul Uloom Haqqania on February 28.
The sprawling campus is home to roughly 4,000 students who are fed, clothed and educated for free.
It is pertinent to know that before Maulana Samiul Haq — father and grandfather of Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq and Maulana Abdul Haq, respectively — was stabbed to death while he was resting in his room at his residence in Rawalpindi in November 2018.
Meanwhile, the JUI-S meeting on Sunday also appointed Sheikhul Hadith Mufti Habibur Rahman Darkhwasti as patron-in-chief and Maulana Khuzaima Sami as the central information secretary.
