Motasim Billah Mazhabi
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Motasim Billah Mazhabi is a citizen of Afghanistan
who was a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections.
Mohammad Ataullah Faizani and his uncle Maulana Gul Muhammad Kakar.
He also attended a secular high school in Kabul
.
He earned a degree in economics from the Logistics and Military Economics Faculty of the Military University in Kabul.
in 1985. He also spent time in the United States
.
He founded the magazine Balagh in 1993. It is currently published in Pashto
, Dari
and English
language editions, in Kabul.
According to a profile from the Pajhwok Afghan News
Mutasimbillah worked on behalf of Afghans and Afghan expatriates, helping to found a school and a clinic for refugees in Peshawar
, Pakistan, and a clinic in Paktia Province
.
He helped found the Arianna Rehabilitation Association for Afghanistan in 1992.
He helped found the Islamic Council of the People of Afghanistan in 1996, and was its president until 1998.
He won 7,841 votes.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
who was a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections.
Academic career
Mutasimbillah is from a family of religious scholars, and received religious instruction from his father MaulanaMaulana
Mawlānā is an Arabic word literally meaning "our lord" or "our master" ....
Mohammad Ataullah Faizani and his uncle Maulana Gul Muhammad Kakar.
He also attended a secular high school in Kabul
Kabul
Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...
.
He earned a degree in economics from the Logistics and Military Economics Faculty of the Military University in Kabul.
Public service
Mutasimbillah left Afghanistan for PakistanPakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
in 1985. He also spent time in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
He founded the magazine Balagh in 1993. It is currently published in Pashto
Pashto language
Pashto , known as Afghani in Persian and Pathani in Punjabi , is the native language of the indigenous Pashtun people or Afghan people who are found primarily between an area south of the Amu Darya in Afghanistan and...
, Dari
Dari (Eastern Persian)
Dari or Fārsī-ye Darī in historical terms refers to the Persian court language of the Sassanids. In contemporary usage, the term refers to the dialects of modern Persian language spoken in Afghanistan, and hence known as Afghan Persian in some Western sources. It is the term officially recognized...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
language editions, in Kabul.
According to a profile from the Pajhwok Afghan News
Pajhwok Afghan News
Pajhwok Afghan News is a news agency established in March 2004 in Kabul, Afghanistan by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. It is Afghanistan's largest independent news service, providing broad-based coverage of news in English, Pashto and Dari...
Mutasimbillah worked on behalf of Afghans and Afghan expatriates, helping to found a school and a clinic for refugees in Peshawar
Peshawar
Peshawar is the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative center and central economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan....
, Pakistan, and a clinic in Paktia Province
Paktia Province
Paktia , is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, in the east of the country. Its capital is Gardez. The population is predominantly Pashtun.- History:...
.
He helped found the Arianna Rehabilitation Association for Afghanistan in 1992.
He helped found the Islamic Council of the People of Afghanistan in 1996, and was its president until 1998.
Presidential candidacy, 2009
During the 2009 Presidential elections he stood 13th in a field of 38.He won 7,841 votes.