Azeem Ahmed Tariq | |
Native Name: | عظیم احمد طارق |
Native Name Lang: | ur |
Office: | Chairman of MQM |
Term Start: | 1984 |
Term End: | 1 May 1993 |
Death Place: | Karachi, Pakistan |
Death Cause: | Assassination |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Party: | MQM |
Otherparty: | APMSO |
Occupation: | Politician |
Azeem Ahmed Tariq (died 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.
Tariq was murdered in his Karachi home on May 1, 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]