Amritsar, Punjab (January 06, 2012): Dal
Khalsa has expressed its condolences on the demise of Jamaat-e-Islami’s
former chief, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, who had passed away in Pakistan last
night.
Jamaat-e-Islami’s former chief, Qazi Hussain Ahmad
Expressing their grief, the party
spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh said Qazi Hussain Ahmed was a friend of
Sikhs. He supported the cause of Sikh right to self-determination
wholeheartedly.
“I know Qazi Sahib personally and he was
very simple, sober but stubborn person”, said Kanwarpal Singh and added
that Qazi was one of the most prominent religious personality of
Pakistan having deep ideological leanings.
Qazi Hussain, 74 was cardiac patient for
a long time besides he suffered from asthma. He was admitted into a
private hospital at Islamabad for the last three days, where he
succumbed to a severe heart attack.
He was elected as Ameer (Chief) of
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan in 1987, and continued to serve in that
capacity, getting re-elected four more times (1992, 1994, 1999, 2003).
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