Islamabad, Nov 2 (IANS) Maulana Samiul Haq, a former Pakistani Senator more widely known as the "Father of Taliban", was stabbed to death on Friday while resting in his room in Rawalpindi city, his family said.
The influential religious leader's son Maulana Hamidul Haq told Geo News that his father's
driver had gone out. On his return, he saw that Maulana Sami was sprawled on his bed in a pool of blood. "He was no longer alive."
The news of Maulana Sami's death comes at a time when religio-political parties are protesting the Supreme Court's acquittal of a Christian woman in a blasphemy case.
According to Hamidul, Maulana Sami, a close ally of Prime Minister Imran Khan, was unable to take part in the protest against the woman's acquittal due to road blockades and had returned home.
"He was stabbed multiple times," he said.