Aurangzaib Farooqi
Aurangzaib Farooqi (Urdu: اورنگزیب فاروقی) is a Pakistani Sunni Muslim leader and the current chief of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan.
Aurangzaib Farooqi | |
|---|---|
| Chief of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at (ASWJ). | |
| Assumed office 2002 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 November 1972 Abbottabad , KPK, Pakistan |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Political party | Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat |
| Residence(s) | Karachi and Abbottabad |
| Alma mater | Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia |
Farooqi also took part in election.[1]
Biography
He was born on 10 November 1972 in Abbottabad, Pakistan, he later on moved to Karachi and studied at Jamia Farooqia and he graduated from Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, a Seminary in Karachi, where he completed the customary Dars-i Nizami, and later on he served as a Imam in various mosques in Karachi. During this time he joined Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan.
In June 2014, He was made the Chief of Ahle-Sunnat-Wal-Jamat at an organizational meeting in Jhang city.
Assassination Attempts
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". Business Recorder. 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.