Allama Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer

Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer was born on 19 August `1971 and he is son of renowned scholar Allama Ehsan Elahi Zaheer who was founder of Jamiat Ahle Hadith Pakistan. Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer got his primary education from Cresescent Model School and passed his matriculation from there .He than entered Government college Lahore and Passed his pre engineering college exams from there.He than entered famous Engineering university of Lahore.During his graduation he memorised the Holy Quran and after graduating from Engineering university he did masters in 11 subjects which is a record in academic history of Pakistan

Nadeem Sarwar

Nadeem Sarwar is a son of (Late) Syed Asrar Hussain Rizvi and Syeda Nargis Khatoon of Karachi, Pakistan.

Married, with three children, Nadeem Sarwar lives in Karachi, Pakistan.

He started Nauha Khwaani at the age of four years old and his first teacher for reciting was his mother anddedicated himself to Nauha Khwaani at the age of eight.

Nadeem Sarwar has recited in different languages such as Urdu, Sindhi, Sariki, Punjabi, Pushto, Pourbi, Hindi, Gujarati, Persian, Arabic, English, and French.

Nadeem Sarwar has recited Nauha in many different ways of Matam like Persian Matam, Arabic Matam, Quetta Matam, Parachanar Matam, Afghan Matam, Sariki matam, Punjabi Matam, Sindhi Matam, Hyderabad Dakkan Matam and Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Saf Matam.

Nadeem Sarwar has recited a total of 179 Kalaam up to date. These Marsias and Nauhas are very popular especially for children. Nadeem Sarwar has recited these Marsias and Nauhas from great writers of Islam, such as,

Mir Babbar Ali Anis
Mirza Salamat Ali Dabeer
Mirza Ghulam Mohammad Nazeer (Brother of Dabeer)
Nisar
Mussayab H.Naqvi
Sadaf Jalalvi
Anees Pahersari
Shohrat Bilgrami
Mehshar Lakhnavi
Kazim Shaukat Bilgrami
Dr. Hilaal Naqvi
Aal -e- Muhammad Razmi
Rehan Aazmi

Nadeem Sarwar has travelled to all five continents throughout, to promote Azadari.
Countries he has visited, include:
Pakistan (All Over)
India (Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, Mumbai and Hyderabad Dukkan)
UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah)
Middle East (Jeddah, Makka, Madina, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan)
Asia (China, Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong)
Europe (Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Luxembourg, Holland, Belgium, France)
England, (London, Leicester, Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford, Leeds, Derby, Milton Keynes, Sheffield, Luton and Scotland)
Africa (Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam, Arusha, Morogoro)
Kenya (Nairobi, Mombasa, Tanga)
Zanzibar and Madagascar (Antananarivo, Tulia, Murandawa, Ancherabay, Macungie, Kinshasa, Zaire, and Congo)
United States of America (New York, Allentown, New Jersey, Orlando).
Canada (Toronto, Edmonton, and Hamilton).

These include many cities around the Globe, including the best of Imambargah. He has had many other invitations from cities which he hasn't yet had a chance to recite, but Insha-Allah, those cities which haven't been able, can now contact him through this website.
He has seen Azadari at different levels and has tried his best to adjust himself in order to make sure Islam is spread in an appropriate manner.

Whilst travelling the world, Nadeem Sarwar has been honoured to be given the chance to appear in many world-wide as well as local newspapers and television stations, including, TelevisionAsia, ZeeTV, PakistanTelevision, Dar-es-SalaamTelevision and Midlands Asian Television.

Academic Background: Mechanical Engineering, Commercial Designing, Fine Art, as well as Interior Designing.

Dr Gholam Mujtaba

Dr. Gholam Mujtaba, is a prominent politician of urban Sindh in Pakistan . He served as Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh, Pakistan (1992-94).He was the leader of the coalition party to the Sindh Government from 1992-94 . Dr. Mujtaba was a prominent student leader of Pakistan (1976-78). He was elected General Secretary of the Karachi University Students Union in 1976, and served as a member of the University Senate and Syndicate in 1976-78.He played a leading role in the Pakistan National Alliance Movement of 1977-78 as a student leader.

He was a close associate of the former President Pervez Musharraf during his last days in power. He had succeeded in striking a deal between the opposition and the President, but failed to dispense the covert under wrap.

Dr.Mujtaba is prominent amongst Pakistanis in the U.S. politics. He is a Member of the Chairman's Advisory Board of the Republican Party, the Republican National Committee of the United States. He is the Director of he Corona-Elmhurst Center for Economic Development where US Senator Charles Schumer and Assemblyman Jose Peralta are advisors and sponsors of the Center.

Professor Mujtaba is named to the United Who's Who Registry as an Honored Member. He is a distinguished alumni of King's College London, US Army Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam, Texas, the University of Karachi and Rajshahi Cadet College.

Qazi Hussain Ahmed

Qazi Hussain Ahmed was third elected Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami of Pakistan, after its fouder-Ameer Syed Abu ul Ala Maudoodi and his successor Mian Tufail Muhammad. He was born in 1938 in Village Ziarat Kaka Kheil Sahib District Noshera NWFP, his father Molana Qazi Abdul Rab, was a distinguished Theologian and partly because of his Scholarship, and partly because of his political insight he was elected President the then Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind NWFP.

He is the youngest amongst his ten siblings. His two elder brothers namely Dr. Attique-ul- Rehman and late Qazi Atta ur Rehman had been workers of Islami jamiat-e-Talaba(A sister orgainzation of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan). Qazi Hussain Ahmed followed the suit and started participating in the activities of jamiat. He studied Jamiat Literature and imbibed the spirit thereof, and then dedicated the rest of his life for the cause of Islam.

Earlier Education and Practical Life

Qazi Hussain Ahmed received his earlier education from his learned father at home, then having passed his graduation from Islamia College Peshawar. He earned his M.Sc in Geography from University of Peshawar, whereafter, he taught as Lecturer in Jahanzeb College Saidu Sharif for three years. Due to political activities, and his natural bend for the same he had to discontinue his service, so he resigned. Thereafter, he started his own business at Peshawar, there too, he made his name known and was elected as Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry NWFP.

Political Life

His introduction with Islami Jamiat Talba during his student life, whipped up his zeal to work in the vanguard of Islamic movement. Therefore, he acquired the membership of jamaat Islami and went on to head the Organization in Peshawar City, then District Peshawar and thereafter the President ship of the NWFP Chapter of the party fell to his lot.

In 1978 he was appointed as Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, in 1987 he became Ameer-e-Jamaat (president of the Party), and since then has served as such, for four terms in a row.Qazi Hussain Ahmed was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in 1985, and again elected Senator in 1992, but this time in protest to the Government Policies, he resigned as senator.

It is worth mentioning that he won the election as a member of National Assembly from two constituencies in the general election held in the year 2002 .

UNITY OF UMMAH----- The first priority

Qazi Hussain Ahmed has always taken pride as a follower of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and therefore unity of the followers of the Prophet of Islam has always been his chief concern and to get this objective, he has striven hard to forge unity amongst various factions of Islamic Parities and that especially of the components of MMA Alliance (Muthida Majlas-e-Amal) was materialization of his dream. Due to his selflessness, he was unanimously elected President of the Alliance after the sad demise, of Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani. Earlier, when the fire of hatred of dissent and division between Shias and Sunnies, was flame, he formed National solidarity council (Milli Yakjehti Council) which effectively extinguished the sectarian fire. Thereafter he was instrumental in the formation of IJI (Islami Jamhoori Ittehad) an alliance of right wing of political Parties.

When lingual bias in Karachi was enflamed Qazi Sahib led a procession of brotherhood love and peace (Karwan-e- Dawat-o- Muhabbat), all the way from Peshawar to Karachi and back which enkindled the candle of love throughout country in general, and peace was restored in Karachi, in particular. It may be recalled that he dauntlessly, led Tahrik-e-Nazam-e-Mustafa(Enforcement of Sharia) in the province of NWFP as its provincial chief and bore the brunt of imprisonment. His efforts to bring about unity among Ummah were not confined to the territories of Pakistan alone, rather, they were world wide in scope and nature.

When Mujahideen battling the then USSR, fell apart, Qazi Hussain Ahmed collected notables and leaders from around the Muslim world, to iron out the differences among various Afghan Mujahideen Groups, unfortunately, the enemy neutralized all such efforts. Again seeds of dissent were sown among Muslim Freedom Fighters in Kashmir; he again brought them together and dispelled the misgivings in time. When Doctor Hasan Turabi Founder Of Islamic Movement in Sudan, and General Umar Hasan Al Bashir the Head Of the State, stood estranged, both the parties referred the matter to the Qazi Sahib for arbitration which resulted in peace between the parties. But the International and regional conspiracies frustrated peace efforts, notwithstanding, he let not the differences turn into a clash.

Be it, Iraq, Kuwait or issue of Palestine, Qazi Hussain Ahmed was not less concerned. Plight of the Muslims in Bosnia ,Kosovo and Chechnia, agonized him beyond description, last but not least repression of the Muslims in Burma and Eriteria equally pained him, therefore he tried his best to find out a just solution to the aforementioned problems under the aegis of united forum Of Muslim Ummah.

Qazi Sahib and Extention Of Propogation

Right after assuming the leadership of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, Qazi Hussain Ahmed paid special attention to the propagation of the manifesto of the Party by taking out countrywide processions, extending invitation to study the program of the party to the notables from every walk of life and in this connection, he formed various National Committees, a hectic membership campaign was launched throughout country , as a result thereof, over 4.5 million of people, espoused the cause of Jamaat-e-Islami.

Arrests and Imprisonments

Qazi Hussain Ahmed was arrested on many a occasion for his commitment to the cause of his party. He was first arrested during Tahrik-e-Nizam-e-Mustafa in 1977 again he was imprisoned when he took out a protest procession against American aggression in Afghanistan. Once more he protested over publication of blasphemous cartoons of the Prophet (PBUH) in Danish Paper, thus he was jailed during his detention, he penned down number of articles which were later published in a book form, which are eight in number.

Family Life

Qazi Hussain Ahmed is married with two sons and two daughters. His wife and children all are Jamaat-e- Islami activists. He is lodging up in a two bed room flat which speaks volumes of the facts that how simple a life he leads like any party worker. He has full command over Urdu,English , Arabic and Persian a part from his native tongue Pushto. He is great admirer of the poet of Islam. Allama Muhammad Iqbal and quotes if from his both Urdu and Persian poetry, at will, in his speeches and conversations.

Tasleem Ahmad Sabri

Sahibzada Tasleem Ahmad Sabri opened his eyes to a devout Muslim family living in Karachi. He was greatly influenced in his childhood and early youth by the enormous and virtuous saint of the Qadria and Chishtia Schools of Sophia, Syed Muhammad Abdullah Shah (Mian Jee), whose humbleness and piety left a lasting impression on Tasleem and taught him the base virtues of the religion that he would devote his life to. Mian Jee passed away in 1989 and was laid down to rest in an elegantly built shrine in Korangi. Tasleem Sabri’s father, Muhammad Adil Sabri is the Sajjadah Nasheen in succession and custodian of the Shrine.

Sahibzada Tasleem Ahmad Sabri had natural talent for speech from childhood and contested in scores of programs and competitions during school and college life during which he won numerous awards and trophies. At the same time, he stayed true to his family legacy of spirituality and developed an intense interest in Na’at and the study of Seerat-e-Rasool (SAW). He completed his Graduation & Post Graduation in Accounting and Finance, and also served in the Accounts & Finance Department of a well-reputed organization in Karachi for few years.

From the early 90’s however, he started taking a more active interest in hosting Na’at and Seerat programs in public gatherings, and afterwards on PTV. Later on, he joined the ARY Digital Group, the largest media group in Pakistan, when their Islamic Channel, QTV started in the end of 2004. Sahibzada Tasleem Ahmad Sabri was the first person to appear onscreen. Within a very short span of this appearance, he established himself as one of the most beloved and admired anchors and hosts for Islamic Talk Shows and Na’at programs in the world.

Sehri Time transmissions with Tasleem Sabri is widely known to be one of the most popular Islamic programs broadcast on QTV during the month of Ramzan ul Mubarak every year- Tasleem Sabri’s hosting and conversation has captured the hearts of millions of Muslims from around the world.. QTime is another unique program in which he interviews many celebrities about their personal lives, religious interests, and activities. Occasionally, he hosts in Na’at and Seerat programs on QTV in his particular, distinctive style which has made him an icon amongst viewers from around the globe- and indeed he is often invited to host such events all over the world.

He released two CDs (Tasleemat and Tasleem-o-Raza) in 2007-2008 in which he, for the first time in the history of na’at, recited na’ats in his own poetic, declamatory style (Teht-ul-Lafz)- an something that was a completely new innovation and unheard of at the time, but which has now inspired many people.

Tasleem Ahmed Sabri also has the distinction of being one of the very few people to have recorded the entire Holy Qur’an in audio form. This recording was played on QTV during the month of Ramzan in which the voice narrating the Urdu translation was taken from this work.

Tasleem Sabri is a person of many interests- his hobbies include playing cricket and reading books. He is a well read person, and remembers thousands of poems and stanzas by heart and shares these with the public, which are one of the hallmarks of his particular, literary style of oratory. Sahibzada Tasleem Ahmad Sabri has a pleasant and witty personality with a good sense of humor, enjoyed by his family and close circle of friends- he is deemed to be as endearing personally as he is as a TV personality.

Haji Hanif Tayyab

Mr. Hanif Tayyab was educated in Madrasatul Islam Kharader and did his matriculation from Qureshi High School. He got admitted to D.J. Science College but later opted for arts and got Masters degree in Islamic Studies from Karachi University. He also received LL.B. degree from Urdu Law College, but he did not go for the legal profession. He preferred the field of social service and politics. He established Anjuman-e-Tulba-e-Islam and served as its Founder President. He also worked with Maulana Abdul Sattar Edhi for sometimes. He then joined Jamiat-e-Ulemai Pakistan and served as General Secretary of the Karachi branch. In 1975, he was elected as a member of the National Assembly. In 1977, he was again elected to the National Assembly. In 1983, he was elected on the seat reserved for Karachi Municipal Corporation.

He was elected member of the National Assembly in the non-party elections held in 1985. In 1985, he became Federal Minister. His portfolios were changed from time to time but he continued as a minister. He remained Federal Minister for more than 3 years and got varied experience of Ministry for Labour, Manpower & Overseas Pakistanis, National Resources, Environment etc. He took part in a number of international conferences and traveled to Indonesia, Kenya, India, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UK, USA, Iraq & Holland etc. For 5 times he was elected President of All Pakistan Memon Federation. He rendered his social services under the banner of Al-Mustafa Welfare Trust to the people of Pakistan.