Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi

Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and far-right politician who is the Sarparast-e-Aala of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at (ASWJ) and the President of Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC).

He was on the Pakistani legislature's list of persons with suspected ties to terrorism, but is considered as a moderate leader compared to the other leaders of ASWJ, and is also commonly referred as to "Safeer-e-Aman" (ambassador of peace) by his followers.

Ludhianvi has stated that he supports sectarian harmony, as long as it does not impede his group's goal of making Pakistan a Sunni Islamic state and declaring Shia a minority, like the Ahmadiyya in Pakistan.

Education and family Ludhianvi is the son of Hafiz Sadrud Din; who migrated in 1947 from Ludhiana district of Indian Punjab to Kamalia city of Pakistani Punjab. He belongs to a Punjabi Arain family.

He is related to the freedom fighter Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludhianvi. During the migration, his eldest brother died due to ailment; he was buried in the Indian Punjab.

He completed his early studies at Jamia Qasim Ul Uloom and graduated from Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, where he befriended Abdul Aziz Ghazi.

In 2016, Ludhianvi was restricted to participate in bypoll election from PP-78 (Jhang) but in later he was allowed to participate by the Lahore High Court. However, he decided not to contest the election and Masroor Nawaz Jhangvi (a member of his organization) was elected as the member of Punjab Assembly.