Malik Motasim Khan, was the Ameer-e-Halqa (Zonal President) of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa during 2007-2011.[1] He was also the National President of the Students' wing of Jamaat, the Students Islamic Organisation of India for a term.
He holds a very important position in the politics of Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, especially after the Jamaat's stand on the Telangana movement.[2] He leads the Muslims' struggle for a separate Telangana.[3]