Sami ul Haq سمیع الحق | |
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 Sami-ul-Haq in 2017. | |
| Ameer of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) | |
| In office 1980 – 2 November 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Mufti Mahmud |
| Succeeded by | Maulana Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani |
| Chairman of Difa-e-Pakistan Council | |
| In office October 2011 – 2 November 2018 | |
| 2nd Chancellor of Darul Uloom Haqqania | |
| In office 7 September 1988 – 2 November 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Haq |
| Succeeded by | Anwar-ul-Haq Haqqani |
| Pakistan Senator for North-West Frontier Province | |
| In office March 2003 – March 2009 February 1985 – March 1997 | |
| Member of Pakistan Majlis-e-Shoora | |
| In office 1983–1985 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 December 1937 Akora Khattak, NWFP, British India |
| Died | 2 November 2018 (aged 79) Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Manner of death | Assassination by stabbings |
| Nationality |  British Indian (1937-1947) Pakistani (1947-2018) |
| Political party |  JUI-S (1980-2018)Difa-e-Pakistan Council (2011-2018)[1] |
| Other political affiliations | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (before 1980) Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (before 1993) |
| Children | Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani[2] |
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| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Haqqania |
Sami ul Haq (Urdu: مولانا سمیع الحق, Samī'u’l-Ḥaq; 18 December 1938 – 2 November 2018) was a Pakistani religious scholar and senator.[1] He was known as the Father of Taliban for the role his seminary Darul Uloom Haqqania played in the graduation of most Taliban leaders and commanders, having close ties to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar.[3][4][5][6]
With his party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S), which split from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) because Haq supported Zia-ul-Haq and his policies, he was a member of the Senate of Pakistan from 1985 to 1991 and again from 1991 to 1997.[7]
After his assassination in 2018 his son Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani became the chancellor of the seminary and the ameer or head of the political party.
- ^ a b "VOICES FROM THE WHIRLWIND: Assessing Musharraf's Predicament - Sami ul-Haq: Powerful Religious Leader". Public Broadcasting Service (US Public TV website). Public Broadcasting Service. March 2004. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "Maulana Sami's son named JUI-S chief". The Nation. 5 November 2018.
- ^ "Pakistani 'Father of Taliban' keeps watch over loyal disciples". Maria Golovnina and Sheree Sardar. Reuters News Agency website. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
... Haq said, alternating between Pakistan's official Urdu and his native Pashto language. Haq, who speaks fluent Arabic, ...
- ^ "Taliban Training the Pakistan". Deutsche Welle. 23 May 2015.
- ^ Westhead, Rick (13 May 2009). "Inside Pakistan's Jihad U". The Toronto Star.
In 1997, Sami ul-Haq received a phone call from Omar, the Taliban leader. The Taliban had been defeated in an attempt to capture Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan and Omar needed reinforcements. "Mullah Omar personally rang me to request that I let these students go to Afghanistan on leave since they are needed there," ul-Haq was quoted as saying in Pakistan journalist Ahmed Rashid's book, Taliban. Ul-Haq agreed to help Omar and briefly shut down his school to help his students arrange passage through the Khyber Pass to Afghanistan.
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