Abdul Qavi


Mufti Abdul Qawi is a religious cleric from Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. He joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party in 2013 but was later expelled from the party. He is also former president of religious affairs of the PTI. He was reinstated at his former post in 2018

Controversy

Suspension from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Mufti Qawi's basic membership was suspended and was later expelled from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf due to the controversy surrounding the selfies he posed for with the late model Qandeel Baloch.. Mufti qawi first encounter with Qandeel was through television where Qawi was invited as preacher to guide Qandeel in Islamic way about his acts on social media. In same programme, Qawi requested Qandeel Baloch for a meeting. After some time Qandeel visited his house and met him personally. After this, Qandeel uploaded a video which was recorded in hotel room during their meeting, in which Qandeel was sitting very close to Qawi. She had an arm over his shoulder and revealed that he was smoking during Ramadan. After the video went viral, Qawi was criticized for his behavior, which eventually led to his ousting from his prominent position at PTI.

Suspension from Ruet-e-hilal committee

Mufti Qawi is also suspended from the Ruet-e-hilal committee Pakistan due to his aforementioned meeting with the late model Qandeel Baloch.

Nomination in model Qandeel Baloch’s murder case

Mufti Abdul Qawi's name has been nominated in social media activist and model Qandeel Baloch's murder case. His name has been mentioned in First Incident Report on application of Qandeel's father Azeem. but now he has been released as free from case He was already being investigated by the Police of Multan.