Haq Nawaz Jhangvi

Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
Chief Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
In office
6 September 1986 – 22 February 1990
Preceded byNone (office created)
Succeeded byIsar ul-Haq Qasmi
Personal
Born1952 (1952)
Died22 February 1990(1990-02-22) (aged 37–38)
Cause of deathAssassination
ReligionIslam
ChildrenMasroor Nawaz Jhangvi
DenominationSunni
SchoolHanafi
Known forSipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
Organization
Founder ofSipah-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]

  1. ^ "Pakistan's sectarian terrorist groups". BBC News. 13 January 2002. Retrieved 11 December 2012.