Times of Islamabad

Moulana Samiul Huq murder: New important developments reported in the case

Moulana Samiul Huq murder: New important developments reported in the case

LAHORE – New developments have been reported in the brutal murder ofMoulana Samiul Huq, it has been reported.

The driver of Jamiat Ulema Islam-Sami (JUI-S) chief Maulana Samiul Haq,who was brutally murdered at his residence in Rawalpindi last year, liedduring a polygraph test conducted to ascertain facts about the high-profileassassination.

Haq, an influential religious scholar and former senator, was stabbed todeath at his residence in Rawalpindi on November 2, 2018. His son had saidthat the JUI-S chief’s “driver-cum-guard went out for 15 minutes” andreturned to find him dead.

The sources said Haq’s driver, Ahmed Shah, underwent polygraph test atPunjab Forensic Science Agency, during which he kept lying.

Shah was asked two questions: Whether he knows the murderers of MaulanaSamiul Haq and was he part of the murder plot?

The sources said the driver kept changing his statements during the test.

They further said the agency also conducted DNA and polygraph tests of nineother individuals, of whom, DNA samples of three individuals matched withthe samples collected from the Haq’s room.