SWABI: Noted religious scholar Maulana Hamdullah Jan was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Dagai village in Razar tehsil here on Sunday. The funeral was attended by numerous religious scholars, politicians and people from other walks of life.
According to his family, he was born in 1914, the year when the First World War broke out. He died at the age of 105 in a private hospital in Peshawar where was under treatment. Maulana Hamdullah Jan received his early religious education from his father Allama Abdul Hakeem and uncle Maulana Sadeeq, both being prominent religious scholars. Later, he completed his religious education from different religious institutions, including Darul Uloom Deoband, India.
The Maulana was highly respected in Afghanistan and he once visited Kabul when he was invited by the Taliban in 1997. He also had his students among the Taliban. He was in favour of the Islamic system and always upheld Islamic teachings. He was patron-in-chief of JUI-F and contested general elections from then NA-8, Swabi, but lost.
Meanwhile, the condolence messages poured in from different political and religious leaders. The leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Pakistan People's Party, Jamaat-e-Islami, Qaumi Watan Party and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf expressed sympathies with the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul.
Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri took up Sher Afzal bail plea for hearing
CCP’s announcement made, stating that applicants are required to pay money upfront in order to enroll
According to details, the police took a van filled with female students of medical college to a police station on...
In this image, the logo of the Nowshera Press Club can be seen. — Facebook/Nowshera Press Club/FileNOWSHERA: The...
Senator Sherry Rehman said the PPP had previously extended an offer to the PTI to form a government, but the PTI is...
A division bench comprising Justice Shakeel Ahmad and Justice Dr Khurshid Iqbal heard the petition filed by the KP...