Isar-ul-Haq Qasmi | |
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| Chief of theSipah-e-Sahaba | |
| In office 1990–1991 | |
| Preceded by | Haq Nawaz Jhangvi |
| Succeeded by | Zia ur Rehman Farooqi |
| Member ofNational Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 1990–1991 | |
| Preceded by | Sayeda Abida Hussain |
| Succeeded by | Azam Tariq |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1964 (1964) |
| Died | 1991 (aged 26–27) |
| Cause of death | Assassination byGunshots |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
Isar-ul-Haq Qasmi (Urdu:ایثار الحق قاسمی; died 1991) was a PakistaniIslamic scholar andReligio-political figure, who was a member ofSipah-e-Sahaba and had been a member of theNational Assembly of Pakistan between 1990 and 1993 representing theJhang constituency.
Qasmi was born in 1964 to a family which migrated fromAmbala and settled inSamundri, Punjab, at the Partition, with a father who worked in theMiddle East for years (like many SSP members). He was educated in three madrasas inLahore, and at first pursued a business career but then decided to becomekhatib (preacher) in anOkara mosque from 1985 onward, where he also established a madrasa, and he would soon gain a reputation for his clashes with the local police, before moving toJhang at the request ofHaq Nawaz Jhangvi, to preach in one of the market-towns of the district.[1]
His family wasPunjabiRajput.[2]
He was elected to theNational Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate ofIslami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) in the1990 Pakistani general election.[3] He received 62,486 votes and defeated Nawab Amanullah Khan Sial of thePakistan Democratic Alliance (PDA).[3]
He was killed in 1991 by suspected Shia militants during a by-election inJhang.[4]
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