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Qazi Hussain Ahmad
Qazi Hussain Ahmad
	قاضی حسین احمد
Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami
	In office; 7 October 1987 – 29 March 2009
Preceded by	Tufail Muhammad
Succeeded by	Munawwar Hassan
Party chair of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
	In office; 10 October 2002 – 18 February 2008
Preceded by	Shah Ahmad Noorani
Succeeded by	Alliance collapse
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
	In office; 18 November 2002 – 23 July 2007
Constituency	NA-5 (Nowshera-I)
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
	In office; 1986–1996
Personal details
Born	12 January 1938; Nowshera District, British Indian Empire
Died	6 January 2013 (aged 74); Islamabad
Nationality	British India (1938–1947); Pakistan (1947–his death)
Political party	Jamaat-e-Islami
Profession	Professor; Clergy

Qazi Hussain Ahmad was an Islamic scholar, democracy activist, and former leader of a Jamaat-e-Islami, an Islamist political party in Pakistan.

Early life

Qazi was born in 1938 in Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Qazi Hussain Ahmad went to Islamia College, Peshawar and got his Master of Science (MSc) degree in Geography from Peshawar University. He was a lecturer at Jehanzeb College Swat for three years.

Politics

Qazi Hussain Ahmad was first elected as a senator for six years in 1986 and in 1992. He resigned in 1996 to protest corrupt political system. He was elected into the National Assembly in general election 2002 from his native town, Nowshera.

Long march

Qazi Hussain resigned from the senate on 27 September and started a long march against the Benazir government. On 4 November 1996, Benazir Bhutto's government was dismissed by President Farooq Leghari primarily because of corruption.

Death

Qazi Hussain Ahmad died on 6 January 2013 due to heart attack.

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