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Wifaq-ul-Madaris al-Arabia

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Wifaq-ul-Madaris al-Arabia, Pakistan (Urdu: lit. 'Federation of Madaris') is the largest federation of Islamic seminaries in Pakistan, founded in 1959. More than 10,000 seminaries and 23,000 madaris across Pakistan are affiliated with the federation. It controls all the seminaries which are run by Deobandi School of thought. Taqi Usmani has been appointed the new president on 19 September 2021 after the death of the former president, Abdur Razzaq Iskander. Qari Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari is general secretary of the federation. The head office of the federation is situated in Multan.

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