Azeem Ahmed Tariq

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Azeem Ahmed Tariq (Urdu: عظیم احمد طارق) (14 June 1944 - 1 May 1993) was a Pakistani politician who was the chairman and one of the founding members of MQM (Muhajir Qaumi Movement) and its student wing APMSO (All Pakistan Muttahidda Students Organization).[1][2][3][4] The party was formed to fight for the rights of the Mohajir people in Sindh.[2][1]

Born(1944-06-14)14 June 1944
Died1 May 1993(1993-05-01) (aged 48)
CauseofdeathAssassination
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Azeem Ahmed Tariq
عظیم احمد طارق
Chairman of MQM
In office
1984  1 May 1993
Personal details
Born(1944-06-14)14 June 1944
Died1 May 1993(1993-05-01) (aged 48)
Cause of deathAssassination
PartyMQM
Other political
affiliations
APMSO
OccupationPolitician
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Assassination

Tariq was murdered in his Karachi home on 1 May 1993. At around 3 in the morning, intruders came into the house, picked his bedroom lock and fired multiple rounds as he slept on the floor of his drawing room.[5][6][4]

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