The fifth Ameer of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Sirajul Haq was sworn in at the party headquarters in Mansoora. Sirajul Haq has replaced Syed Munawwar Hassan, A senior Minister of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) assembly, previously held the position of Deputy Chief of JI, and is the second party Ameer from K-P – the first being the late Qazi Hussain Ahmed, who took charge in 1987, the central leadership of the party has once again returned to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 1st time to Lower Dir. For the1st time any politician from Dir became head of any national level party.