ISLAMABAD – Maulana Sufi Muhammad, the founder of thebanned Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) which exercised controlover parts of Malakand division in the 90s and 2000s, has passed away.
The 86-year-old controversial cleric’s death has been confirmed by his son.
The octogenarian, who was the father-in-law of former Tehreek-e-TalibanPakistan chief Maulana Fazlullah, had pursued the demand for imposition ofa harsh brand of sharia law in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Malakand division foralmost two decades.
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Born in 1933 in Maidan, Lower Dir, Sufi Muhammad received his religiouseducation from a local madrassa and was an active member of theJamaat-e-Islami (JI) in the 1980s.
