Dr Qibla Ayaz appointed new chairman of Council of Islamic Ideology

E-Paper | March 18, 2026

Dr Qibla Ayaz, the former dean Faculty of Islamic and Oriental Studies of the University of Peshawar, was appointed the chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) by the law ministry on Friday, DawnNews reported.

Sahibzada Sajidur Rehman, Khursheed Nadeem, Hafiz Fazlur Rahim and Allah Bakhsh Kalyar were among the newly appointed members of the CII.

Maulana Raghib Hussain Naimi, Qari Abdur Rashid, Ghulam Hussain Sialwi, Pir Rooh-ul-Hasnain Moin and Allama Arif Hussain Wahidi were also appointed as members of the body.

President Mamnoon Hussain has approved the appointments of the new chairman and members who have been appointed for a tenure of three years. According to rules of the council, at least four meetings of the CII are mandatory during a year and a quorum of seven members is imperative to call a meeting.

The council consists of 20 members. 10 members of the body had completed their tenure last year. Reportedly, a list of 30 nominations had been forwarded to the prime minister through Ministry of Law and Justice for finalising names of the new members.

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Dr Kashif Saeed

Nov 03, 2017 10:52pm

Congratulations to Prof. Dr Qibla Ayaz sb. An excellent choice to head the most important institution adjudicating Islamic jurisprudence in times of great turbulence.

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Sminto

Nov 03, 2017 11:12pm

So there are still no women in Pakistan capable of functioning as members of this Council?

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Nauman M

Nov 04, 2017 12:37am

Absolutely meaningless body when other developed and developing countries are concentrating their efforts on improving health, medical, science and technology which benefit humanity and improve the economies of their countries.

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Dervaish Khan

Nov 04, 2017 12:46am

We don't value this sarkari council.

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Ahsan Gul

Nov 04, 2017 01:13am

Hopefull, now we have some sense on sensibility regarding our Islamic teachings, knowledge and rules enforcement.

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Yousuf Ali

Nov 04, 2017 02:54am

Once again we are allowing only men to make these religious and worldly decisions without any women voice. It is high time that the government of Pakistan show some courage and leadership in appointing women to these councils. There is nothing that prevents them from doing that other than fear of the ultra conservative mullahs.

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oneCaring

Nov 04, 2017 04:30am

Absolutely useless organization where appointments 100% political without any merit. They have done nothing except trying to daemonize women peace loving people.

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Understanding Politics

Nov 04, 2017 04:33am

Congrats to Prof Dr Qibla Ayaz & other newly appointed members. Unfortunately the performance of CII has not been upto mark since its birth. I had an experience about an inquiry whether a daughter keep linkage with her father name after marriage, despite reminder the CII Office least care to even aknowlledgd the mail. If really the CII performed well, what the nation is subject of difficulties like terrorism or corruption should had been contained. CII is nothing but a way of awarding perks to friends of ruling party, just similar to Kashmir Committee , which spent millions of rupees in foreign trips and perks for its Chairman & members. In next election some parties may please include in manifesto to abolish all such committees and councils, nothing but a burden on exchequer.Besides the size of cabinets may also be curtailed, we are not an oil rich state,we need austerity,according to our pocket.

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Hasan

Nov 04, 2017 05:15am

Waste of time, energy, and valuable resources. Hasan

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Nawab Ali

Nov 04, 2017 09:52am

Congratulatoons to Mr Qibla Ayaz Sb, a renowned scholar hailing from Bannu KPK.

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khaled

Nov 04, 2017 10:02am

Do we really need CII?

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