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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|honorific-prefix =<br />
|name ='''Liaqat Baloch''' <br />
|native_name = لیاقت بلوچ<br />
|native_name_lang = ur<br />
|image = Liaqat Baloch (cropped).jpg<br />
|office = Naib Ameer of [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan|Jamaat-e-Islami]]<br />
|term_start = 21 May 2019<br />
|predecessor = [[Khurshid Ahmad (scholar)|Khurshid Ahmad]]<br />
|office1 = Secretary General of [[Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal]]<br />
|term_start1 = 27 April 2019<br />
|term_end1 = 21 May 2019<br />
|office2 = Secretary General of [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan|Jamaat-e-Islami]]<br />
|term_start2 = May 2009<br />
|term_end2 = 27 April 2019<br />
|successor2 = Ameer ul Azeem<br />
|office3 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]<br />
|term_start3 = 18 November 2002<br />
|term_end3 = 23 July 2007<br />
|constituency3 = [[Constituency NA-126|NA-126 (Lahore-IX)]]<br />
|term_start4 = 3 November 1990<br />
|term_end4 = 16 October 1993<br />
|term_start5 = 21 March 1985<br />
|term_end5 = 2 December 1988<br />
|constituency5 = [[Lahore]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|12|09|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Muzaffargarh]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]<br />
| party = [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan|Jamaat-e-Islami]]<br />
| nationality = [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] <br />
| website = {{url|https://web.archive.org/web/20110914202057/http://www.liaqatbaloch.com/|liaqatbaloch.com}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Liaqat Baloch''' ({{lang-ur|{{nq|لیاقت بلوچ}}}}; born 9 December 1952) is a political leader in [[Pakistan]]. He is originally from [[Muzaffargarh]], a remote area of southern [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]] – although his family's origins are in the nearby province of Balochistan.<br />
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He played an active role in student politics in the late 1970s. And at the [[University of the Punjab]] where he was elected president of the Students Union in 1976. He also elected all Pakistan president of [[Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba]] in 1977 and 1978. He holds an MA (Mass Communication) and [[LLB]] degree from the [[University of the Punjab]]. He was a member of the [[Parliament of Pakistan|Pakistani parliament]] in 1985, 1990 and 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=7th National Assembly from 1985 to 1988. List of Members and Addresses|url=http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/former-members/7th%20National%20Assembly.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=26 August 2021|website=na.gov.pk|publisher=[[National Assembly of Pakistan]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=9th National Assembly from 1990 to 1993. List of Members and Addresses|url=http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/former-members/9th%20National%20Assembly.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=26 August 2021|website=na.gov.pk|publisher=[[National Assembly of Pakistan]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Archived copy|url=http://election2013.geo.tv/constituency/results/126/NA-126.html|url-status=dead|accessdate=7 May 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508042955/http://election2013.geo.tv/constituency/results/126/NA-126.html|archivedate=8 May 2014|df=}}</ref><br />
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Today, Baloch lives in [[Lahore]] and currently serving as the Naib Ameer (Deputy Chief) of [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan|Jamaat-e-Islami]], [[Pakistan|Pakistan's]] [[Islamic]] religio-political party and also served as the [[Secretary General]] of [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan|Jamaat-e-Islami]] until 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|date=27 April 2019|title=Amirul Azeem JI’s new secretary general|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/463560-amirul-azeem-ji-s-new-secretary-general|url-status=live|access-date=26 August 2021|work=The News International (newspaper)|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=17 August 2021|title=JI praises Afghan people for achieving ‘great victory’|url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40113946|url-status=live|access-date=26 August 2021|work=Business recorder (newspaper)|language=en}}</ref> He was also the secretary-general of the [[Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal|Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA)]] and the deputy leader of the opposition in the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=14 May 2018|title=2018 elections: Are MMA’s chances of winning in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa overrated?|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/195420-2018-elections-are-mmas-chances-of-winning-in-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-overrated|url-status=live|access-date=26 August 2021|work=Geo News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=21 March 2019|title=Jamaat-e-Islami parts way with MMA|url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/483333-Jamaat-e-Islami-parts-way-with-MMA|url-status=live|access-date=26 August 2021|work=Dunya News}}</ref><br />
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His sister-in-law is Dr Tahira Basharat, an important figure attached to the department of Islamic Studies at the University of the Punjab, where she served as Professor and Dean.<ref>{{Cite web|date=6 September 2017|title=Punjab University being taken back to the ‘dark days’|url=https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/06/punjab-university-being-taken-back-to-the-dark-days/|url-status=live|access-date=26 August 2021|website=Pakistan Today (newspaper)}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Naeem Siddiqui]]<br />
* [[Tehreek e Islami|Tehreek-e-Islami]]<br />
* [[Abdul Ghafoor Ahmed]]<br />
* [[Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba]]<br />
* [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan]]<br />
* [[Khurshid Ahmad (Islamic scholar)|Khurshid Ahmad]]<br />
* [[Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal]]<br />
* [[Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi]]<br />
* [[Politics of Pakistan]]<br />
* [[Qazi Hussain Ahmad]]<br />
* [[List of political parties in Pakistan]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110914202057/http://www.liaqatbaloch.com/ Liaqat Baloch Official Website]<br />
* [https://jamaat.org/en/profile.php?id=33 Official bio on Jamaat-e-Islami website (English)]<br />
*[https://jamaat.org/en/ Jamaat-i-Islami Official site (English) ]<br />
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[[Category:Pakistani Sunni Muslims]]<br />
[[Category:University of the Punjab alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Politicians from Lahore]]<br />
[[Category:Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal politicians]]<br />
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