Outspoken political leader Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman on Thursday was elected as a new emir of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan for the next five years.
JI Central Information Secretary Qaisar Sharif said that over 45,000 members of the party cast their votes to elect the new emir during the recent intra-party elections.
“Naeem received over 80% of the votes and become the sixth emir of the party,” he added.
He would remain the party’s chief till 2029, the party’s information secretary added.
As per the party’s constitution, elections are held regularly at all levels in the JI, Sharif said, adding, “JI does not belong to any individual or a [certain] family but to every member and worker”.
Over 45,000 members of the JI countrywide elected the new emir via secret balloting, he added.
The JI information secretary said that the JI Majlis-e-Shura, however, had proposed three names for the post of the party chief to the party members.
JI incumbent Emir Sirajul Haq is completing his second term as the party’s head on April 8 (Monday), he added.
