Abdul Haq (politician)
Abdul Haq | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 2008–2013 | |
Constituency | NA-200 (Ghotki-I) |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Independent Pakistan People’s Party |
Abdul Haq is a Muslim cleric and Pakistani politician.[1] He is among the leaders of the Bharchundi Shareef Dargah, and a locally influential figure.[2] Haq was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-200 (Ghotki-I) as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 2008 Pakistani general election.[2][3] He received 59,022 votes and defeated Khalid Ahmed Khan Lund, a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).[4]
Haq has been criticized for his alleged role in forcibly converting Hindus, including minors, to Islam.[5][6] Haq has been the target of protests against these alleged conversions.[5][1] He became the subject of media attention in 2012 after the high-profile case of Rinkle Kumari, a Hindu woman who converted to Islam in the Bharchundi Shareef Dargah. Members of the Hindu community stated that she had been kidnapped and converted against her will, and that Haq had sheltered her kidnappers and threatened her into saying she had chosen to convert.[2][3]
Following his alleged involvement in the case, the PPP selected a different candidate to contest the 2013 Pakistani general election.[2][7] Haq ran as an independent candidate in the 2013 general election. He received 69 votes and lost the seat to Ali Gohar Khan Mahar. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as an independent candidate from Constituency PS-5 (Ghotki-I) but was again unsuccessful. He received 19 votes and lost the seat to Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar.[8] In 2015, he attempted to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, but its chairman, Imran Khan, did not permit it.[7]
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- ^ a b c d "Allegations of forced conversion cost Mian Mitho party ticket - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Up against sardars: First woman to contest elections from Ghotki - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ a b Tanzeem, Ayesha (11 August 2016). "Pakistan's Hindus Protest Forced Conversions of Girls to Islam". Voice of America. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "PAKISTAN: Government must immediately stop communal violence in Sindh". Asian Human Rights Commission. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ a b Guriro, Amar (25 June 2018). "No GDA party awarding ticket to Mian Mitho, clarifies Palijo". Daily Times. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.