Maulana Hamidul Haq was killed in an alleged suicide blast in Darul Uloom Haqania, Nowshera today during Friday prayers.
Many other people were also killed and injured in the attack.
Who was he?
Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani, 57, was the elder son of Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, a famous Pakistan religious scholar and founder of JUI-S and the vice-principal of Darul Uloom Haqania Akora Khattak, Nowshehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He holds a degree of Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, which he received in 1988.
He served as a member of the 12th National Assembly of Pakistan from 16 November 2002 until 10 October 2007.
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-2 (Peshawar-II) as a candidate of PTI in 2013 general elections.
He became chief of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) party after his father Sami ul Haq’s assassination in Islamabad in 2018. Sami was stabbed multiple times at his residence in Rawalpindi.
According to the seminary’s website, Darul Uloom Haqqania was established by Islamic scholar Maulana Abdul Haq Haqqani in September 1947.
Darul Uloom Haqqania played an important role in the Afghan war against Russia by practically taking part in the war against Russian forces.
