{"id":7054,"date":"2026-07-23T07:27:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=7054"},"modified":"2026-07-23T07:27:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:27:40","slug":"jamaat-e-islami-secretary-general-amir-ul-azeem-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=7054","title":{"rendered":"Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Amir-ul-Azeem Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LAHORE:<\/strong> <strong>Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Secretary General Amir-ul-Azeem<\/strong> has passed away after a prolonged illness, the party confirmed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A spokesperson for Jamaat-e-Islami said Amir-ul-Azeem had been suffering from <strong>cancer<\/strong> for a long time and had remained under treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the party, his <strong>funeral prayers<\/strong> will be offered at <strong>5:00 p.m. on Thursday<\/strong> at <strong>Mansoora, Lahore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born in <strong>Lahore in 1958<\/strong>, Amir-ul-Azeem earned a <strong>Master of Business Administration (MBA)<\/strong> degree from the <strong>University of the Punjab<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his student years, he was elected <strong>President of the Punjab University Students&#8217; Union<\/strong> and also served as <strong>Nazim-e-Ala (Chief Organizer)<\/strong> of <strong>Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba<\/strong>, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He played an active role in student politics and participated in a <strong>long march demanding the restoration of student unions<\/strong> during the rule of former military ruler <strong>General Zia-ul-Haq<\/strong>. He was imprisoned for his involvement in the movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amir-ul-Azeem later held several key positions within Jamaat-e-Islami, including serving for many years as the party&#8217;s <strong>Central Secretary for Information<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <strong>2019<\/strong>, then Jamaat-e-Islami chief <strong>Siraj-ul-Haq<\/strong> appointed him as the party&#8217;s <strong>Secretary General<\/strong> following consultation with the <strong>Central Shura<\/strong>. He was reappointed to the same position in <strong>2024<\/strong> by the current Ameer, <strong>Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman<\/strong>, also with the approval of the party&#8217;s Central Shura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amir-ul-Azeem was regarded as a senior leader within Jamaat-e-Islami and remained actively involved in the party&#8217;s organizational affairs for decades. His passing has prompted condolences from party leaders and supporters, who have paid tribute to his long-standing political and organizational contributions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Secretary General Amir-ul-Azeem has passed away after a prolonged illness, the party confirmed on Wednesday. A spokesperson for Jamaat-e-Islami said Amir-ul-Azeem had..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438549_8358028_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438549_8358028_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438549_8358028_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438549_8358028_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438549_8358028_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438549_8358028_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438549_8358028_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7056,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7054\/revisions\/7056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}