Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman

Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman (Urdu: حافظ نعیم الرحمن; born 1970) is a Pakistani social activist, politician and president of Jamaat-e-Islami, Karachi.[3][4][5][6]

Hafiz
Naeem ur Rehman
حافظ نعیم الرحمن
Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman
Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi
Assumed office
2013
Preceded byMuhammad Hussain Mehanti[1]
Personal details
Born (1970-11-07) 7 November 1970
Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
CitizenshipPakistan
Political partyJamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JI) (2013-present)
Children4[2]
Residence(s)Hyderabad and Karachi
Alma mater
Occupation
Websitewww.hafiznaeem.com

Early life, education and family

Rehman was born on 7 November 1970 in Hyderabad to Urdu-speaking Muhajir parents, who had migrated from Aligarh, India during Partition of India.[2]

Rehman got his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from NED and later got a Master's degree in Islamic history from Karachi University.[7]

By profession he is an engineer, with 20 years of expertise as a water treatment engineer in industrial and large-scale residential projects.[2]

Political career

Rehman joined Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT) in early 90s and eventually served as its president twice.[7] In 2000, he became a member of JI. He also served as Assistant Secretary, General Secretary and Deputy Emir of Karachi.[4] He became the ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami's Karachi chapter in 2013.[1]

Protest against K-Electric

Rehman has led many protests against Karachi's electric utility company K-Electric, due to government's alleged favoritism to the utility company, and its dis-service to the people of Karachi in terms of not returning its consumers their money under a claw-back clause applicable to the company. Rehman claimed the company's Rs 9 Billion profits in 2021, were at a cost of large subsidies received from the government, which costed tax payers money to benefit the owners of the utility company.[8] Rehman also demanded a forensic audit of K-Electric, claiming that the utility company has been in close relations with all ruling political parties, and alleged that the company enjoyed benefits from the ruling parties.[9]

Karachi Rights Campaign

Rehman has led multiple protests in Karachi to fight for the rights of his city and pledged to address water supply and drainage issues of Karachi if his party is voted into power in 2022 local body elections.[6]

Protest against Election Commission of Pakistan

During the 2022 local body elections, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) delayed the agreed upon date of elections from 24 July 2022 to 28 August 2022 citing bad weather as the reason. ECP claimed that it delayed elections on the request of JI's local leadership, i.e. Rehman. Rehman challenged the ECP against this allegation and sent a legal notice to ECP, and threatened a sit-in against the ECP against this allegation.[10]

Karachi Local Government Elections 2023
Further information: 2023 Karachi local elections

Hafiz led JIP emerged as second the largest political party behind Pakistan People's Party in 2023 Karachi local elections.[11] JIP secured more than 30% of popular votes as well as 85 UC seats according to results as of 24 January 2023.[12]

Mayor of Karachi Election 2023
Main article: 2023 Karachi Mayoral election

In the 2023 election, Murtaza Wahab and Hafiz Naeem Ur Rehman competed to become the mayor of Karachi. Murtaza Wahab, from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), won the election with 173 votes, while Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, from Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), received 160 votes according to unofficial results.[13] After the unofficial results were announced, there were fights between PPP and JI supporters outside the Arts Council of Pakistan. JI accused the Sindh government of kidnapping 29 members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party who were supposed to vote for Rehman as PTI has announced to support JI officially.[14][15][16]

References
  1. "Hafiz Naeemur Rehman new Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi chief". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 11 October 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. "Meet the family of Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman". BOL News. 16 January 2023.
  3. "JI will not tolerate KWSB privatization, says Hafiz Naeem". nation.com.pk. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. "Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman". arynews.tv. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  5. "JI to hold anti-KE demos at 400 venues across city from today". thenews.com.pk. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  6. "If elected, our mayor to address water shortage, drainage issues in city: Hafiz Naeem".
  7. Rehan, Areesha (2023-06-14). "Know your mayoral candidate — Murtaza Wahab vs Hafiz Naeemur Rehman". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  8. "Hafiz Naeem criticises subsidies for K-Electric despite heavy profits".
  9. "Hafiz Naeem demands forensic audit of Karachi power utility". 30 July 2022.
  10. "JI sends legal notice to ECP". 26 July 2022.
  11. Web Desk (2023-01-16). "Karachi LG polls: ECP releases complete results of 235 UCs". ARY NEWS. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  12. "Karachi local body election results: Here's latest party position". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  13. "PPP's Murtaza Wahab Elected as Mayor of Karachi". 15 June 2023.
  14. "JI, PPP clash after Wahab 'wins' Karachi mayor election". The Express Tribune. 2023-06-15. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  15. Sadhwani, Sanjay; Umer, Asghar; Umer, Sanjay Sadhwani and Asghar (2023-06-15). "Murtaza Wahab elected Karachi mayor by securing 173 votes". ARY NEWS. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  16. Khan, Imtiaz Ali | Asim (2023-06-15). "Karachi mayor polls: 8 detained as clashes erupt between JI, PPP after Murtaza Wahab emerges victorious". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
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