Azam Tariq (religious leader)

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Azam Tariq Manj (10 July 1962 – 6 October 2003) was a Pakistani Islamic cleric and politician who served as the fourth supreme of the Sipah-e-Sahaba from 1997 until his assassination in 2003. He also served as member of National Assembly of Pakistan from 1991 to 1996 and from 2002 to 2003. Tariq became the head of Sipah-e-Sahaba upon the death of Ziya ur-Rahman Faruqi in a February 1997 attack. He was a co-founder of the Difa-e-Pakistan Council. On 6 October 2003, Tariq was assassinated by unknown assailants as he left the M-2 Motorway to enter the Islamabad.

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