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Muslim cleric Maulana Sami Ul-Haq – nicknamed "father of the Taliban" – was murdered in Pakistan.
There are conflicting reports about how this 80-year-old man was killed in the city of Rawalpindi.
Maulana Hamidul Haq, Haq 's son, confirmed his death during the attack, claiming that his father was in a car at his home when two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on him, reports the officer. Express Tribune.
However, another report says that he was stabbed to death while he was resting in his room.
Ul-Haq had close ties with Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, who was killed in tuberculosis in 2013 when his death was kept secret for two years.
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According to media reports, a safety officer of the deceased clergy member was reported to have been seriously injured.
The leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-S) was transferred to the DHQ hospital before succumbing to his injuries.
Haq was a prominent political and religious figure in Pakistan; he was a member of the Senate of Pakistan from 1985 to 1991 and again from 1991 to 1997.
He was director of Darul Uloom Haqqania, one of the largest and most influential madrassas (seminaries) of Pakistan, located at Akora Khattak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
