Background
Siraj ul Haq was born in Samarbagh village of the Lower Director District, he got his early education from the local high school of the region and studied Political Science in the University of Peshawar.
Siraj ul Haq was born in Samarbagh village of the Lower Director District, he got his early education from the local high school of the region and studied Political Science in the University of Peshawar.
He has been elected two times as Master of Public Administration from PK-95 constituency.
He also served as the senior minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, serving in the Pervez Khattak administration. During the University political period, he was the Chief of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba from 1988 to 1991. He was elected to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly in the 2002 election from the platform of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal and was made finance minister in the provincial cabinet under the leadership of Akram Khan Durrani.
In 2013, he contested on Jamaat-e-Islami"s ticket and was elected to the assembly.
He remained the Deputy Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami until 30 March 2014 when he was elected as the Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan. He remains immensely popular in his constituency and known for his modesty among friends and foes alike.
He later resigned from His seat in June, 2014 right after budget because according to party rules one man cannot hold two offices at a time. At that time, he was Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami and Senior Minister in KPK Assembly.
He gained immense popularity when Imran Khan And Tahir Ul Qadri announced the Long March against Muhammad Mian Nawaz Sharif, the Government.
He acted as a neutral figure and due to his efforts the government became stable. He said that the Jamaat-e-Islami will not let democracy derail. Political Differences aside, We will Save Democracy.
In 2015, he fought the election for senate.
However, he allegedly resigned in protest against the deadly United States drone strike on a Madrassa in Bajaur Agency which resulted in the deaths of 86 children though the then Ameer Jamat e Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmad claimed that it was the party decision to vacate one of the two offices id est (that is) Ministry and Ameer Jamat e Islami Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, then North.W.F.P. His party boycotted the 2008 election.
He is the only senator and member of Provincial assembly who has no bank accountant He is considered to be a senior member of Parliament of Pakistan.