Azam Tariq (other)
Azam Tariq may refer to: * Azam Tariq (religious leader) (1962–2003), founding member of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan * Azam Tariq (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan) (died 2016), spokesperson of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan {{hndis, Tariq, Azam ...
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Azam Tariq (religious Leader)
Azam Tariq (; 10 July 1962 – 6 October 2003) was a Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar who was the leader of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP). He was assassinated in 2003. Early life and education Azam Tariq was born on 10 July 1962 into a Punjabi Rajput farmer family to Mohammad Fateh in Chichawatni, their family roots lying in the Kalyan village of the Patiala district, now in Indian Punjab, from where they moved due to the 1947 partition. He studied at a local madrassa and then enrolled in the Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia in Banuri Town, Karachi. Like most madrassa students and graduates at that time, he participated in the Soviet-Afghan jihad, and when he returned, while he was the imam of the Masjid-e-Siddiq-e-Akbar in North Karachi he formed the basis of the future SSP. Arrests and Assassination attempt The Azam Tariq was arrested and jailed on 20 November 1995 alongside Zia-ur-Rehman Farooqi by the Government of Pakistan for anti-Shia activities and in Feb ...
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