Khalid Mehmood Soomro (7 May 1959 to 29 November 2014) was a Pakistani physician, politician, and

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Early life

He studied at Chandka Medical College and 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, the university Vice-Chancellor.

Career

His father belonged to an Islamic and Political Party called Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam

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. In 1988, his political career started when he was chosen as

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in Jamiat-Ulama e-Islam indh On several occasions, he was a candidate for the Provincial and National Assembly. He served as

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of JUI-F from

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

Death

He was assassinated in

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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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