On 2nd November, Jamiat Ulema Islam-Sami (JUI-S) chief and former Senator Mulana Samiul Haq was assassinated at his residence in Rawalpindi. According to reports he stabbed multiple times. Samiul Haq’s spokesperson Mulana Abdul Majeed said there was no one present at the residence when he was killed. He further said “We do not know who attacked him. He was alone, the person who was supposed to be with him had gone to the market.”The assassination of Maulana Samiul Haq, chief of his faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI), has sent shockwaves and sorrows throughout the country. The respected religious scholar exercised significant influence through his seminary Darul Uloom Haqqania based in Akora Khattak, which produced many leaders of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan. He also wielded political weight, having served as a senator for many years, and was currently aligned with the ruling PTI. He was also connected to the politics in Afghanistan and was sought after for advice by many stakeholders.
The assassination of Mulana Samiul Haq is considered as a big loss for peace process in Afghanistan. Along with it everybody in Pakistan is gloomy on the brutal killing of the Mulana. Indeed he was peace loving person. Despite his hardline religious and political views, the 80-year-old Samiul Haq was a patriot and upheld the national cause in the face of external and internal threats. He opposed taking up arms against the state and instead advocated the use of peaceful means to work for enforcement of the Islamic law in Pakistan. He strived to be on the right side of the civil and military establishment despite differing with them on certain issues, such as Pakistan’s close relations with the US in the past, particularly in the aftermath of the 9/11 event when Islamabad broke ties with the Afghan Taliban under pressure from Washington. His dedication for peace in Pakistan and especially in Afghanistan will never forgotten.
According to experts on Afghanistan affairs his death is the huge setback for Afghan peace process. Mulana Samiul Haq was known as “Father of Taliban” and interestingly he took much pride in this title. It was because his seminary of the Deobandi school of thought and alma mater to some of the most prominent of the Taliban, including their leader Mullah Muhammad Omer, Mullah Akhtar Mansour and Jalal ud din Haqqani. Mulana Samiul Haq was much influential on Taliban leadership in Afghanistan and that is why that delegations twice led by the Afghan Ambassador himself asked him to play a role in initiating the peace process. In post 9/11 period till his assassination he remained involved in many negotiations between Taliban leadership and Afghan government. Last month there were at least five known meetings between him and Afghan delegates. In meetings he had suggested that the religious leaders from Pakistan and Afghanistan meet without the inference of the United States. Suggesting that the peace process should be locally initiated, he had stressed that there should be a clear timeline on the withdrawal of NATO forces. While many considered the Mulana’s influence had decreased with time, his stature was best known by the people who came to seek his advice. Many times Afghan government and even Western diplomats approached him in the hope that he would be able to persuade the Afghan Taliban to stop fighting and start talking peace.
According to different reports the killing of Late Mulana will halt and hurt Afghan peace process. Different experts on Afghan affairs denote that the people as well as organizations which want to sabotage peace process in Afghanistan will benefitted. There are reports that the killing of late Mulana was plotted in Afghanistan. Basically it was the revenge of Kandahar Police Chief General Raziq and NDS Chief of Kandahar province. After the killing of notorious General Raziq his brother Tadeen Khan took charge as police Chief and determined to continue Raziq’s ‘mission’. NDS, RAW and CIA nexus is taking all kind of steps to sabotage peace in Afghanistan. Disreputable 888 brigade remained involved in counterproductive activates in Afghanistan. Killing of Mulana is linked with 888 brigade which is known as the cover organization of RAW CIA and NDS. After his killing it is quite evident that CIA, RAW and NDS are not willing to resolve Afghan issue. This unholy nexus is responsible for the killing of thousands of innocent Afghanis. In this scenario it is the obligation of international community to raise voice against unholy nexus of NDS, CIA and RAW which are involved in terrorist activates in Afghanistan and in the whole region.
