Abdul Shakoor

Mufti Abdul Shakoor (1 January 1968 – 15 April 2023) was a Pakistani politician who served as the Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony from 2022 to 2023. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2018 to 2023.

Early and personal life
Abdul Shakoor was born on January 1, 1968, in the Tajikhel village of Lakki Marwat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Beginning his religious education at the Madrasah Dara Pizo, he later earned his Master's in Philosophy from Shah Waliullah University in Hyderabad in 1991 and his Master's in Islamic Studies from Darul Uloom Haqqania in 1993. In 2002, he became a khatib or orator at a Jama Masjid located in Peshawar.

He was married twice, with two daughters from his first wife and a son from the second.

Academic career
Abdul Shakoor was a teacher of different subjects such as philosophy, logic, jurisprudence, hadith, commentary, and fatwa at Peshawar's Darul Uloom e Sirajul Islam for some 20 years.

Political career
Abdul Shakoor was elected as the Tehsil President of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) students from Bannu and Lakki Marwat while in the fourth grade and later became JUI-F's ‘Ameer’ for tribal areas and special advisor to Fazal-ur-Rehman.

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) from constituency NA-51 (Tribal Area-XII) in the 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 21,896 votes and defeated Qaiser Jamal.

Death
Abdul Shakoor died in a traffic accident in Islamabad on 15 April 2023. According to police, Abdul Shakoor was driving when another vehicle smashed into the driver's side of his vehicle. He was rushed to Polyclinic Hospital where he died due to severe internal bleeding. The five people in the other vehicle were arrested.

Awards and honours

 * Hilal-i-Imtiaz (2023; posthumously)