Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi

Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi (Urdu: سید ساجد علی نقوی‎) is an Islamic scholar from Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He is the founder of Islami Tehreek Pakistan.

Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi
Chairman of Islami Tehreek Pakistan
Personal details
Born (1950-01-01) 1 January 1950
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
Political partyIslami Tehreek Pakistan
ResidencePakistan
OccupationPolitician

Political history

Tehreek-e-Jafaria

He was also the head of the one of the largest Shiite organizations in Pakistan the Tehreek-e-Jafaria. After a ban by 1995 regime, it continues to work under the name of Tehreek-e-Islami. Again the Tehreek-e-Islami was banned and a new party was formed with the name Shia Ulema Council. Naqvi also headed the religious wing of Tehreek-e-Islami i.e. the Shia Ulema Council. After the murder of Arif Hussain Hussaini in 1988, he was elected as the head of the Tehrik-e-Jafaria by the Supreme Council of Shiite clergy of Pakistan.[1] He is no longer with the party.

Islami Tehreek Pakistan

He is currently the founder and leader of Islami Tehreek Pakistan.

Criminal Case
Sajid Ali Naqvi at a press conference in Multan

General Pervez Musharraf arrested Naqvi in charge against the murder of a group's leader in 2004. Thousand of demonstrators have warned the government that they would besiege the federal capital if the government does not release Quaid e Millat Jafaria Pakistan, Sajid Ali Naqvi within the next few weeks. The demonstrators staged a rally in Islamabad on Sunday to protest the detention of Naqvi and the killing of Shiite leaders.

However, the chief of defunct Islami Tehreek Pakistan (I.T.P), Sajid Ali Naqvi was released on bail from the Adiala Jail on Saturday. The Golra Police arrested him on November 16, in connection with the Azam Tariq murder case. After rejection of his bail petition in a special anti-terrorist court, Mr. Naqvi's lawyers went to the high court, which ordered his release. Naqvi's sons and the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal leaders received him and he was taken to his home under tight security.[2]

See also

References
  1. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_27-3-2003_pg7_49 Archived March 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-08-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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