Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi

Abdus Sattar Khan Niazi (مولاناعبدالستارخان نیازی) (1 October 1915 – 2 May 2001) was a Pakistani religious and political leader and a Pakistan Movement activist. After initial education, he gained religious education in Lahore where he obtained his master's degree from Islamia College, Lahore in 1940.

Professional life Niazi became the Dean of Islamic Studies at his alma mater until 1947, and joined then active politics.

He was briefly arrested along with Abul Ala Maududi by the Pakistan Army for purportedly inciting the Lahore riots of 1953 against the Ahmadiyya. Both Maududi and Abdul Sattar Niazi were then sentenced to death by a military court but later released.

Political career Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi served as a member of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Lahore from 1947 to 1949.

He was elected member of the National Assembly of Pakistan twice, in 1988 and 1990.

He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in 1994 for a six years term.

Death and legacy Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi died in 2001. Niazi never married and had no children.