Aurangzaib Farooqi
Aurangzaib Farooqi | |
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 Portrait of Aurangzaib Farooqi | |
| Chief of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at (ASWJ). | |
| Assumed office 2002 | |
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| Born | 10 November 1972 Haripur |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Political party | Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat |
| Residence | Karachi and Haripur |
| Alma mater | Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia |
Aurangzaib Farooqi (Urdu: اورنگزیب فاروقی) is a Pakistani Sunni Muslim leader and the current chief of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at (ASWJ).
Farooqi also took part in election.[1][when?]
He survived a targeted assassination attempt, when he was leaving for court in 2012, in which six people were killed. The casualties included four policemen, his driver and a private security guard.[2] He survived another assassination attempt in 2015.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Testing the waters: First-timers ASWJ confident of victory". The Express Tribune. April 19, 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "Altaf condemns murderous attack on Maulana Aurangzeb Farooqi". . 25 December 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ "ASWJ local leader killed in Rawalpindi, central leader attacked in Karachi". Dawn. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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