Prominent politician Hafiz Naeem Ur Rehman has been elected as the new emir of Jamaat-e-Islami for the next five years on Thursday.

JI Central Information Secretary Qaisar Sharif said that during the recent intra-party polls, almost 45,000 party members cast their votes to elect a new emir.

“Naeem received over 80 percent of the votes and became the sixth emir of the party,” he added.

Hafiz Naeem Ur Rehman will remain the party chief till 2029, the party’s information secretary confirmed.