Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Hafiz Naeemur Rehman was elected as the party's new emir on Thursday.
Rehman was elected as the JI emir by majority. The new emir's tenure will last from 2024 to 2029.
This was the 19th election for the appointment of the JI emir.
82 per cent of the party workers had participated in the election of the emir.
– Siraj-ul-Haq steps down as JI emir –
Earlier in February, Sirajul Haq stepped down as the JI emir following the defeat in the recently held elections.
The JI secured no seats in the National Assembly and got only two seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly.
In 2014, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's senior minister and leader of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Sirajul Haq, was elected as the new ameer of the party.
Sirajul Haq replaced the then-outgoing chief Syed Munawar Hassan. The elections were at JI Headquarters Mansoora. Out of 31,311 office-bearers of the party, 25,533 people voted which Sirajul Haq managed to secure a majority of votes in 2014.
Siraj ul Haq remained party chief for a tenure of five years and he was re-elected in 2019. Now after serving the JI for 10 years, Siraj ul Haq resigned from his post.
