Akora Khattak
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) Ameer Maulana Samiul Haq, who was martyred on Friday, has been laid to rest here in the premises of Darul Uloom Haqqania this afternoon (Saturday). Earlier, his funeral prayer was offered at Nowshera’s Khushal Khan Degree College where his son Maulana Hamidul Haq led the prayer.
Maulana Samiul Haq was assassinated at his residence in Rawalpindi. A large number of people including senior politicians and religious scholars attended the funerals led, the son of JUI (S) chief.
Leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Jamiat Ulemai Islam (Fazl) (JUI-F), Awami National Party (ANP) and other political parties attended the funerals. Some unidentified attackers assassinated Haq during sleep while he was alone at his house in Rawalpindi. He was 82.
The body of the religious leader carried multiple stab wounds. The assailants barged into his house at around 7:00pm and escaped unnoticed. How the assassins managed to broke into the house remains a mystery.
