Muhammad Ali Naqvi

Dr. Muhammad Ali Naqvi was born in year 1952 in the Illaqa Nawab Sahib in suburbs of Lahore, Pakistan. Then he completed his M.B.B.S from King Edward Medical College and started practice. He got fame as a student leader as he founded the 1st ever platform for Shi'a Students of Pakistan the Imamia Students Organization.[1] He was killed on 7 March 1995 while he was going to Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex where he was employed. When he was killed, he was the secretary-general of the Tehrik-e-Jafaria, a Shi'a sectarian organization.[2] Some government agency terrorists fired his jeep at Yateem Khana Chowk, Multan Road Lahore. In this incident his gunman and driver Shaheed Zamin Taqi, who belonged to Pasban-e-Islam, was killed as he tried hard to save Naqvi, presenting himself as a shield. Later Naqvi, who was severely injured, was transferred to a hospital but did not survive.

References

  1. "Shaheed Detail Dr Muhammad Ali Naqvi". Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  2. Zaman, Muhammad Qasim. The ulama in contemporary Islam: custodians of change. Princeton University Press, 2010. p238
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