Khalid Mehmood Soomro (7 May 1959 to 29 November 2014) was a Pakistani

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Early life

He studied at

Chandka Medical College Chandka Medical College sd, چانڈکا طبی ڪاليج, or CMC), established on 20 April 1973, is a public sector medical college located in Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan. It also provides post graduate training to doctors. It provides tertiary ...

in 1976, and in 1984 he graduated with a degree of MBBS. He completed postgraduate studies in Islamic culture from Sachal Sarmast Oriental College Larkana, and completed his religious studies from the International Islamic University, Islamabad International Islamic University

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, with distinction. Soomro obtained a degree from

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, where he was a student of

Gad al-Haq Gad al-Haq Ali Gad al-Haq also spelled Jadd al-Haqq ( ar, جاد الحق علي جاد الحق) (5 April 1917 – 15 March 1996) was Grand Imam of Al-Azhar from 1982 to 1996. Tim Winterbr>OBITUARY: Sheikh Gad al-Haq Ali Gad al-Haq ''The Indepe ...

, the university Vice-Chancellor.

Career

His father belonged to an Islamic and Political Party called

Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam ( ur, جمیعت علماءِ اسلام, abbreviated as JUI) was founded by Shabbir Ahmad Usmani as an offshoot of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) on 26 October 1945. History The original Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was formed in Bri ...

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. in 1988, his political career started when he was chosen as Secretary General in Jamiat-ulmae-Islam indh On several occasions, he was a candidate for the Provincial and National Assembly. He served as

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from

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

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. Soomro set up a welfare organization called Al Mehmood Social Welfare Organization Pakistan.

Death

He was assassinated in

Sukkur Sukkur (; ) is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh along the western bank of the Indus River, directly across from the historic city of Rohri. Sukkur is the third largest city in Sindh after Karachi and Hyderabad, and 14th largest city ...

on 29 November 2014, at age 55. His funeral procession was attended by thousands of people.

Bibliography

*K̲h̲ālid Maḥmūdu Joṇo, ''Shahīd-i Islām: ʻAllāmah Dạ̄kṭar K̲h̲ālid Maḥmūd Sūmro jī ḥālāta, k̲h̲ayālāta, afkār ain siyāsī, samājī k̲h̲idmatun tay tafṣīlī kitāb'', Lārkāna: Maktabah-yi Abū K̲h̲ālid Shahīdu, 2018, 304 p. Essays on his life and political struggle.

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