Mawlānā Zahid Ur Rashdi (born; 28 October 1948) (Urdu: مولانا زاہد الراشدی) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer, editor, columnist and founding director of Al-Sharia Academy, Gujranwala.
He got Hifz ul Quran from Madrasa Tajweed-ul-Quran Ghakhar, Dars-i Nizami from Jamia Nusrat Ul Uloom Gujranwala under his father Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan Safdar and uncle Abdul Hameed Swati.
[3][2] He also served as a member of the National Academic Council of Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad.
[4] Zahid Ur Rashdi served as information secretary of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (as Deputy of Mufti Mahmood from 1975 to 1980), Deputy Secretary-General of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan from 1980 to 1990, Secretary-General Pakistan National Alliance, Punjab from 1977 to 1979 and Vice President Islami Jamhoori Ittehad, Punjab from 1987 to 1990.
[2] Since 1965, he has published more than 2000 articles on scientific, political and national issues in various newspapers and magazines and book collections on various topics.