TALIBAN IN PAKISTAN

Nov. 3, 2018

Prominent Pakistani cleric Maulana Samiul Haq, who was also known as the godfather of Taliban in Pakistan, was assassinated in Rawalpindi.

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  • Maulana Sami ul Haq was a Pakistani religious scholar and senator.

  • He was widely known as the GodFather of Taliban in Pakistan as he was the chancellor of Darul Uloom Haqqania, a Deobandi Islamic seminary which is the alma mater of many prominent Taliban members. He had close ties to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar.

  • He was also the member of the Senate of Pakistan in 1980s and 1990s.

  • He was killed by unidentified attackers in a house where he was staying.

Source : The Hindu

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