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JUI-S chief Maulana Samiul Haq assassinated
November 02, 2018
RAWALPINDI, Nov 02 (INP): Religious scholar and former Senator Maulana Samiul Haq was assassinated in a targeted gun attack in Rawalpindi on Friday. The amir of the Jamiat Ulema Islam-Sami (JUI-S) in Peshawar confirmed the news of his death. Unknown motorcyclists opened indiscriminate fire on the vehicle of the JUI-S chief. The JUI-S chief was injured and was being taken to the hospital when he succumbed to his wounds on the way. The intense gunfire also reportedly injured Maulana’s driver and guard. He was a senior religio-political figure who had twice been elected as a senator. He was a member of the Senate of Pakistan from 1985 to 1991 and again from 1991 to 1997.
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