Muhammad Saleem Qadri

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Muhammad Saleem Qadri was a Pakistani politician & Barelvi leader, who founded the Sunni Tehreek & served as it's president till his death.

Early life:
Qadri was born in 1960 at Nanak Wara. His parents migrated from Gujarat, India during the establishment of Pakistan.

He belonged to the Qadiriyya Sufi order.

Career:
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.

Election:
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.

Death:
Qadri, along with 5 other members of the Sunni Tehreek, was killed by a member of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan on 18 May 2001 in Baldia Town.

The case was filed by Mohammad Iqbal Qadri, the elder brother of Qadri on members of Sipah-e-Sahaba & Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.

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