Times of Islamabad

PM condemns Maulana Samilul Haq s murder; seeks urgent report

PM condemns Maulana Samilul Haq s murder; seeks urgent report

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan strongly condemned the murder of chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam of his own faction and sought an immediate report on the deplorable incident.

He, who is currently in China on an official visit, was conveyed about the incident on what he expressed deep grief, a PM Office statement said.

He said by the death of Maulana Samiul Haq, Pakistan had become bereft of a great religious scholar and a renowned political leader.

The prime minister said the religious as well as the political services of late Samiul Haq would be remembered forever.

He also directed an immediate inquiry into the incident and take the culprits to task.

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