Haq Nawaz Jhangvi | |
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Chief Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan | |
In office 6 September 1986 – 22 February 1990 | |
Preceded by | None (office created) |
Succeeded by | Isar ul-Haq Qasmi |
Personal | |
Born | 1952 |
Died | 22 February 1990 | (aged 37–38)
Cause of death | Assassination |
Religion | Islam |
Children | Masroor Nawaz Jhangvi |
Denomination | Sunni |
School | Hanafi |
Known for | Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan |
Organization | |
Founder of | Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan |
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi (Punjabi/Urdu: حق نواز جھنگوی, romanized: Ḥaq Nawāz Jhangvī; 1952 – 23 February 1990) was a Pakistani cleric who founded the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, a Sunni Deobandi group known for its anti-Shia thoughts, on 6 September 1986.[1]