in Political Science Anwar ul-Haq Ahady (August 12, 1951) is an Afghan politician and former Minister of Commerce and Industry.

He is the son of Abdul Haqhas, a Pashtun and native of the Sarobi district in Kabul province.

Ahady holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Ph.D. in political science[3] from the post-graduate faculty of Northwestern University,[4] in Evanston, Illinois, north of Chicago.

[3] Ahady served as an assistant professor of political science at Carleton College, in Northfield, Minnesota, in the United States, and as the banking director of Continental Elona of Chicago from 1985 to 1987.

He has many writings in academic journals, books, and popular dailies of the United States.