Qazi Hussain Ahmed was born at Zariat Kaka Sahib in Nowshera, NWFP, Pakistan in 1938. His father Qazi Muhammad Abdul Rab was a great religious luminary and a farmer by profession.
After having completed early education at home, Qazi Hussain Ahmed was admitted to Islamia College, Peshawar and got his Masters of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Geography from Peshawar University. He served as lecturer for three years, teaching at the graduate level. Inclined more towards business, he did not continue teaching and instead started his own business. He marked his presence in this field and was elected as Vice President, NWFP Chamber of Commerce and Industry. His affiliation with the Islamic Movement started in his school days when he joined Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba, Pakistan. He became member of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan in 1978, and was afterwards elected as the Ameer of the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan in 1987, where he continues to serve in that capacity, getting re-elected twice.
Qazi Hussain Ahmed was first elected as member of the Senate of Pakistan in 1986 for a term of six years. He was re-elected as such in March 1992, but he resigned in 1996 as a protest against the corrupt political system.
Mr. Ahmed has widely traveled abroad to represent the Jamaat at the international forums, leading goodwill missions as well as in his personal capacity to mediate on issues concerning the Muslim Ummah. His services during the Iran-Iraq and Gulf wars, the Balkan (Bosnia) crisis and the post-Soviet power struggle in Afghanistan, have been widely commended and appreciated. Even before the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Qazi Hussain Ahmed was in close contact with Afghan Mujahideen and had personal terms with top Afghan leaders. He played a pivotal role in introducing the Afghan jihad to the foreign world and by doing so, gained countrywide favor for the movement.
Within the country, Qazi Ahmed remains in the movement undertaking the ceaseless campaign of mass awareness, mobilization and party organization. His patronage of organizations like Pasban and subsequently the formation of Shabab-e-Milli is an open expression of his deep concern for the poor and the oppressed.
Qazi Hussain Ahmed is well versed in English, Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Pushto. He is an eloquent orator, seasoned parliamentarian and respected politician. He is welcomed in political, religious and scholarly circles with esteem. He was Secretary General of the Muttahida Shariat Mahaz in 1986. Although he finds practically no time for any literary or scholarly works, he is the author of several books.
