H.E. Nematullah Shahrani, son of Ebadullah Shahrani, was born in the Jerm district of Badakhshsan in a religious family. He completed his primary education in Badakhshan and graduted from Abu Hanifa School in 1960. He was admitted to Faculty of Islamic Studies of Kabul University in the same year. After earning his Bachelors degree in 1964, he joined the university as a member of teaching committee.

 In 1967, he went to Egypt and earned a Masters Degree from Al-Azhar University. In 1960, he again continued his services as a lecturer at Kabul University and was Chief Editor of Sharayat Magazine. In 1976, he went to the United States and studied law at George Washington University for a year and a half.

He also went to the UK for a research trip and observed the courts, police stations, attorneys office, law institutes and centers. After the Soviet invasion, he was imprisoned for some time and went to Pakistan after he was released. He has worked in some popular magazines of the country (Payam-e-Haq, Alfalah, Qaza, Urfaan, Zhwandoon and Khwonkey) and dailies (Anees, Islaah, and Badakhshan) before he migrated to Pakistan.

He has authored two volumes entitled, Quran Shenaasy (knowing the holy Quran) and Feqeh Islami Wa Qanoon e Gharb. (Islamic Fiqh and Western Law). The total number of articles he has written is 1500 and he was given the academic title of Professor for his hard work. After the emergency Loya Jirga, he was appointed as the Vice President of Transitional Government. He was also the Director of the Constitutional Drafting Commission.

H.E. Mr. Shahrani knows Pashto, Dari, Uzbek, Arabic and English, and has delivered speeches in English and Arabic in many conferences.


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