- Maulana Atta Ur Rehman
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Maulana Atta Ur Rehman (born July 25, 1965) is the current federal minister of tourism, Government of Pakistan and Vice President JUI, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He is the brother of Maulana Fazl Ur Rehman, the leader of JUI Pakistan and the second son of former chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Hazrat Maulana Mufti Mahmud. Mufti Mahmud was a political leader of the Jamiat-ul-ulamai-Hind before 1947 in united India. But he is a complete contrast with his father behaviour.[says who?]
Early Education
He got his early education in his village Abdul Khail from his father. Later on, he entered mudrassa qasim ul uloom, Multan for further Islamic studies.He was issued the degree of Shahadat ul Aalimia by Wifaq ul madaris in 1987. Nine years later, he got the degree of master of arts in islamiat from Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan.After doing master, he start to taught uloom Islamia in the famous religious Institute “Jamia-tul-Maarif-Alsharia”, D.I Khan. He was the In-charge of that Institute too.
In 1998, he was appointed as the party election commissioner for Dera Ismail Khan.In the same year, he was appointed as the Joint Secretary JUI, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In 2002, he was appointed as the party election commissioner for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.In the same year, he was appointed as the party president/Ameer for District Dera Ismail Khan. In 2006, he was elected as the Vice President/Naib Ameer JUI for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.till 2006, he has kept the same position in the party.
He was elected two times consecutively as the member of national assembly of Pakistan from NA-25, District Tank.In his first election he led the main contender Mr Dawar Khan Kundi by about 72,000 votes. In his second election of 2008, he defeated the former provincial minister Habib Ullah Khan Kundi aka Babu Khan, but there was a controversy in the result and Babu Khan claimed that the election was unfair and he entered a charge in the supreme court of Pakistan against Maulana Atta ur Rehman but the supreme court cleared the result and Maulana Atta ur Rehman was declared as the member of national assembly of Pakistan.
He is currently the federal minister of tourism, Pakistan.[1]
References
- ^ "home page". Ministry of Tourism. http://www.pakistantourism.gov.pk/. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
Categories:- Living people
- 1965 births
- Pakistani politicians
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