
JUI-F leader, kingmaker cleric.
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Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman became the leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) after the death of his father, Maulana Mufti Mahmud, in 1980. He transformed the party into a major political force in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman was a key architect of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), a coalition of religious political parties. The MMA won 63 seats in the 2002 general elections, becoming the third-largest bloc in the National Assembly.
Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman led the Azadi March in October 2019, a protest against the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The march gathered thousands of supporters in Islamabad, demanding the resignation of the government over alleged rigging in the 2018 elections.
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