Muhammad Saleem Qadri | |
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محمد سلیم قادری | |
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President of the Sunni Tehreek | |
In office 23 April 1990 – 10 May 2001 | |
Preceded by | office established |
Succeeded by | Bilal Saleem Qadri |
Personal details | |
Born | Muhammad Saleem 1960 Nanak Wara |
Died | 10 May 2001 Baldia Town |
Resting place | Saeedabad, Karachi |
Political party | Sunni Tehreek |
Other political affiliations | Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan |
Muhammad Saleem Qadri (1960 – 10 May 2001) was a Pakistani politician and Barelvi leader, who founded the Sunni Tehreek and served as its president till his death.[1][2][3][4]
Qadri was born in 1960 at Nanak Wara. He was a auto-rickshaw driver whose family migrated from Gujarat, India to Karachi, Pakistan during the partition.[1]
He was a disciple of Ilyas Attar Qadri, in the Qadiriyya-Attariya order, He was then made the branch head of Saeedabad in Baldia town. He was recognized by Jamiat Ulama-e-Pakistan and he got the ticket of JUP, which he lost. He then left his auto-rickshaw drivering work and started a garments and poultry business.[1][5]
He started politics in his student days from the platform of All Pakistan Muttahida Students Organization, but soon joined Dawat-e-Islami, a non-political organization, which was established in 1984 in competition with the Tablighi Jamaat of the Deobandi school of thought.[1]
He contested in the 1988 provincial assembly elections from the Baldia Town area on the ticket of Shah Ahmed Noorani's Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan.[1]
Qadri, along with 5 other members of the Sunni Tehreek, was killed by a member of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan on 10 May 2001 in Baldia Town.[6][7][8][9]
The case[clarification needed] was filed by Mohammad Iqbal Qadri, the elder brother of Qadri on members of Sipah-e-Sahaba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.[10]