Famous Baloch Scholar Martyred

Unknown armed men have shot dead Mufti Ihtisham-ul-Haq Asiabadi, an eminent Baloch scholar and leader of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) along with his son in Kech district of Baluchistan, Pakistan.
The district administration said Mufti Ihtisham-ul-Haq was travelling along with his son, Molwi Shabbir-Ahmad in Kualwa area after Asr prayer in the evening of Sunday 24th July when unknown armed men on a motorcycle opened fire on them leaving them dead on the spot. The possible motives of the armed terrorists are unclear.
Mufti Ihtisham-ul-Haq was former ameer of the JUI-F in Kech and was considered among the most influential top Ulama of Baluchistan. He was graduated from Darululoom Karachi where he benefited from Mufti Mohammad Shafi’ Usmani, Mufti Rasheed-Ahmad Ludhianvi and Maulana Saleemullah Khan.
Maulana Ihtisham-ul-Haq was the founder rector of Jamia Rashidiah in Asiabad town of Turbat in Baluchistan where he equipped thousands of students with the pure knowledge of Islam. He is also author of some valuable books as he edited the 8 volume book of Ahsan-ul-Fatawa of his late teacher Mufti Rasheed-Ahmad Ludhianvi.
The martyred scholar had close relations with all classes of the society, trying to resolve their problems. He had been to Iranian Baluchistan many times where he met late Maulana Abdol-Aziz, the founder of Darululoom Zahedan and Shaikh Abdol-Hamid, the present rector of Darululoom Zahedan.
Mufti Mohammad Qasem Qasemi, a teacher at Darululoom Zahedan and an old friend of Mufti Ihtisham-ul-Haq expressed his deep sorrow on the news and termed him a man who tried a lot to preach Sunnah and correct Islamic teachings in the region.