Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi

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Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi
Quaid-E-Millat-E-Jaffaria Islami Tehreek Pakistan
Assumed office
2012
Preceded byPosition established
Patron-in-Chief of Shia Ulema Council
Assumed office
1988
Preceded byArif Hussain Hussaini
Personal details
Born (1940-01-01) 1 January 1940 (age 84)
Islamic scholar & Politician

Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi (

Urdu: سید ساجد علی نقوی) is a Pakistani Shia Islamic scholar from Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He is the founder & leader of Islami Tehreek Pakistan also Patron-in-Chief of Shia Ulema Council. His main objective is to create an Islamic rule in the Pakistan.[1]

Political history

Tehreek-e-Jafaria

He is also the head of one of the largest

Islami Tehreek Pakistan

He is currently the founder and leader of Islami Tehreek Pakistan.[3]

Arrest in a Criminal Case 2003

Sajid Ali Naqvi at a press conference in Multan

in November 2003

Sipah-e-Sahaba in 2003.[5] The Thousands of his supporters warned the government that they would besiege the federal capital if the government did not release Naqvi within the next few weeks. The demonstrators staged a rally in Islamabad on Sunday to protest the detention of Naqvi and the killing of Shiite leaders.[citation needed
]

Naqvi was released on bail from the Adiala Jail on Saturday[when?]. The Golra Police arrested him on November 16[when?], in connection with the Azam Tariq murder case. After rejection of his bail petition in a special anti-terrorist court, Naqvi's lawyers went to the high court, which ordered his release. Naqvi's sons and the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal leaders received him and he was taken to his home under tight security.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan". www.dailytimes.com.pk. Archived from the original on March 19, 2007.
  2. ^ "Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan". www.dailytimes.com.pk. Archived from the original on March 19, 2007.
  3. ^ "Islami Tehreek Pakistan - ITP, Political Party Profile & Members Details". UrduPoint. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  4. ^ Sohail Mahmood (1995). Islamic fundamentalism in Pakistan, Egypt and Iran. Vanguard. p. 434. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  5. Aljazeera.com. Archived
    from the original on April 24, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "Sajid Naqvi released". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-08-04.