Wikipedia's first sentence called it “pakistani islamic cleric”. Today it says “pakistani islamic scholar and religio-political figure”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Isar ul Haq Qasmi (who died in 1991) was a Pakistani Islamic cleric, preacher and a member of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan . He had been member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1990 and 1993 representing Jhang constituency.1Born 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 (like many SSP members), he was educated in three madrasas in Lahore , and at first went for a business career but then decided to become khatib (preacher) 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. He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) in the 1990 Pakistani general election . He was murdered in 1991 during a by-election in Jhang .2
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Isar ul Haq Qasmi (who died in 1991) was a Pakistani Islamic cleric, preacher and a member of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan . He had been member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1990 and 1993 representing Jhang constituency.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Pakistani Islamic cleric Isar-ul-Haq Qasmi ( Urdu : ایثار الحق قاسمی ; died 1991) was a Pakistani Islamic cleric, preacher and a member of Sipah-e-Sahaba .He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1990 and 1993 representing the Jhang constituency.
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pakistani islamic cleric
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pakistani islamic scholar and religio-political figure
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