Muhammad Khan Sherani

Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani (Pashto/Urdu: مولانا محمد خان شیرانی) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who established Rabita Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam the breakway faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) over rifts with (JUI-F) leader Fazal-ur-Rehman.

He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, between 1988 and May 2018. He was the Chairman of the influential Council of Islamic Ideology from 2010 to 2016.

He was born in 1948/1951 into a Pashtun family of the Shirani tribe in Zhob, Balochistan.

His father Malik Masoom Khan was one of the sardars or leaders of the tribe who also used to deliver sermons at the local Jama Masjid, and following his father's wishes, after completing his early education he studied in many Islamic seminaries, including Madrasa Matta al Ulum, the Madrasa of Maulana Abdur Rahim, the Madrasa Darul Ulum Lakki Marwat, the Madrasa Waqia Nar of Malik Mahabat, the Madrasa Siraj ul Uloom Bannu and the Madrasa Qasim ul Uloom.

In 1961 he was involved in a tribal feud.

His early political and religious influences were Mufti Mehmood and Maulana Abdullah Darkhawasti.

He was active in the Khatme Nabuwwat movement against the Ahmadiyya under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and was later jailed under General Zia-ul-Haq's martial law.

He has served as the Former District Nazim Zhob District.