Zar Wali Khan

Mufti Zar Wali Khan (1953 – 7 December 2020), was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer and Friday sermon preacher. He was the founder and the principal of Jamia Ahsan Ul Uloom.

Biography
Mufti Zar Wali Khan Sb was born in Jehangira and studied at Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia. He founded Jamia Arabia Ahsan Ul Uloom, Karachi in 1978.

Death
He died on 7 December 2020 at Indus Hospital in Karachi while under treatment for his ailments. His death was condoled by Imran Ismail, Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, Muhammad Rafi Usmani, Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Sirajul Haq and Abdur Razzaq Iskander.

According to Dawn, media reports said that Khan had died due to the COVID-19. However, Qari Usman, a leader of Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam rejected this claim and said that Khan was a chronic cardiac patient and did not die due to the coronavirus.