Ijaz-ul-Haq (Interview) Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq:(born 1953) is a prominent Pakistani politician and former Federal Minister for Religious Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Entering Pakistani politics following the 1988 death of his father, President of Pakistan General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Ijaz held a senior federal ministry within the cabinet of General Zia's civilian successor Nawaz Sharif as well as the Senior Presidency of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) during its second tenure in the 1990s. He stepped down from the post following differences with Sharif, who was overthrown shortly afterwards by General Pervez Musharraf in 1999.
Ijaz was elected to the Pakistan National Assembly for a record fourth time in the 2002 general election, but he lost in the 2008 general election. As Minister for Religious Affairs, with additional charges of Hajj and Minorities, Ijaz has sparked controversy following comments supporting nuclear engineer Abdul Qadeer Khan as well as his public denunciation of the knighthood of Salman Rushdie. More recently, Ijaz was heavily involved in trying to prevent the Lal Masjid siege (calling for mosque head Abdul Rashid Ghazi to surrender) in vain. Ijaz-ul-Haq currently resides in Rawalpindi.
Ijaz was elected to the Pakistan National Assembly for a record fourth time in the 2002 general election, but he lost in the 2008 general election. As Minister for Religious Affairs, with additional charges of Hajj and Minorities, Ijaz has sparked controversy following comments supporting nuclear engineer Abdul Qadeer Khan as well as his public denunciation of the knighthood of Salman Rushdie. More recently, Ijaz was heavily involved in trying to prevent the Lal Masjid siege (calling for mosque head Abdul Rashid Ghazi to surrender) in vain. Ijaz-ul-Haq currently resides in Rawalpindi.
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