| Honorific-Prefix: | Mawlawi |
| Native Name Lang: | ps |
| Office1: | Chief Justice of Afghanistan |
| Term Start1: | 15 August 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | Sayed Yousuf Halim |
| 1Blankname1: | Supreme Leader |
| 1Namedata1: | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
| Term2: | 25 May 2016 – 15 August 2021 |
| Term Label2: | In exile |
| 1Blankname2: | Supreme Leader |
| 1Namedata2: | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
| Predecessor2: | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
| Office3: | Judge of the Kandahar Primary Court |
| 1Blankname3: | Supreme Leader |
| 1Namedata3: | Mullah Omar |
| Birth Date: | 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Panjwayi, Kandahar Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan |
| Blank1: | Political affiliation |
| Data1: | Taliban |
| Profession: | Politician, writer |
| Education: | Darul Uloom Haqqania |
Abdul Hakim Haqqani (in Pushto; Pashto pronounced as /ˈabdʊl haˈkim haqɑˈni/; born 1967), also known as Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai (in Pushto; Pashto pronounced as /ˈabdʊl haˈkim ɪshaqˈzai/),[1] [2] [3] is an Afghan Islamic scholar and writer who has been the chief justice of Afghanistan since 2021 in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime.[4] He has also served as chief justice of the Supreme Court in the 1996–2001 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. He was the chairman of the Taliban negotiation team in the Qatar office. He is one of the founding members of the Taliban and was a close associate of the late leader Mullah Mohammed Omar.[5] [6]
He was born to Mawlawi Khudaidad in 1967 in the Panjwayi District of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. He graduated from Darul Uloom Haqqania, a Deobandi Islamic seminary (darul uloom), in Pakistan, and taught there.[6]
Apart from teaching at the Darul Uloom Haqqania, until recently he also ran his own Islamic seminary or madrasa in the Ishaqabad area of Quetta, in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.[6]
During the rule of the first Islamic Emirate, in addition to teaching, he also served in the Appellate Court and at the Central Dar ul-Ifta. Following the appointment of Hibatullah Akhundzada as Supreme Leader, Ishaqzai was appointed Chief Justice.[7]
In September 2020, he was appointed the Taliban's chief negotiator for peace talks in Qatar with the government of Afghanistan, replacing Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, who became his deputy in the 21-member negotiating team.[8]
On 20 July 2023, Hakim Haqqani was sanctioned by the EU due to his instrumental role as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in implementing policies and spreading ideological teachings aimed at creating and justifying gender-based repressions against women in Afghanistan.[9]
Specializing in Islamic jurisprudence, especially its justice system, Hakim Haqqani has written books on various subjects which have been translated into many languages.[10]