Isar ul-Haq Qasmi
Isar-ul-Haq Qasmi was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and Religio-political figure, who was a member of Sipah-e-Sahaba and had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1990 and 1993 representing the Jhang constituency.
Early life and education
Qasmi was born in 1964 to a family which migrated from Ambala and settled in Samundri, Punjab, at the Partition, with a father who worked in the Middle East for years. He was educated in three madrasas in Lahore, and at first pursued a business career but then decided to become khatib in an Okara mosque from 1985 onward, where he also established a madrasa, and he would soon gain a reputation for his clashes with the local police, before moving to Jhang at the request of Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, to preach in one of the market-towns of the district.His family was Punjabi Rajput.