Abdul Baqi

Who is Abdul Baqi?

Moulana Abdul Baqi was a prominent political figure of North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. He was elected as Member of the Provincial Assembly from the constituency of Swat District in the 1970s general elections and appointed as senior provincial minister in the cabinet of Mufti Mehmood, the then Chief Minister of North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. He also served in the selected provincial cabinet of General Zia-ul-Haq in the 1980s.

His big achievement in his political career was the merging of the Abaseen and North East part of Hazara region into Kohistan district. He was also the chairman of Motamar-e-alam e Islam. He died in Abbottabad on 24 of June 2001. He had 9 sons and three daughters. His younger brothers Moulana Ubaid Ullah and Mehboob Ullah Jan got elected as members of the Provincial and National assemblies from PF-61 and NA-23 Kohistan respectively in the February 2008 general elections.Moulana Ubaid Ullah died on 7th Oct 2011.

After the death of his younger brother his son was again elected as MPA in 2011.