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Pakistani Islamic scholar (–)

Muhammad Amir Bijligar (Urdu: مولانا محمد امیر بجلی گھر) was an Islamic scholar and political leader.

He was appointed Naib Ameer (نائب امیر جمیعت علماء اسلام) at the provincial level in ^[1] He was a companion of Mufti Mahmud^[2] and played an active role in national politics, particularly in the s and afterwards.

He was sent to jail four times for his political activities during Martial Law regimes.

Overview

Muhammad Amir received his religious education at the Jamia Islamia Darul Uloomi Sarhad (جامعه اسلاميه دارالعلوم سرحد), a religious school in Peshawar, in He later joined the institution as a teacher and taught the Quran and Hadith, where a large number of students came to learn from him.^[3]

He was Imam of the mosque of Bijli Ghar.