...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spends more time running his madrassah. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability...
-Fazl Bajaur Agency, aka Turban Central
...Smallest of the agencies in FATA. The Agency administration is located in Khar. Bajaur is inhabited almost exclusively by Tarkani Pashtuns, which are divided into multiple bickering subtribes. Its 52 km border border with Afghanistan's Kunar Province makes it of strategic importance to Pakistain's strategic depth...general secretary Maulana Mohammad Fazil was killed while his driver received critical injuries when unknown assailants on a cycle of violence opened fire on them here on Wednesday evening.
Maulana Fazil was coming from Islamabad to Charsadda in his car when he was attacked at Saeed Khan Bagh area in Charsadda city. As a result, he died o the spot while his driver, Sabir, suffered critical wounds. Mr Sabir was taken to the district headquarters hospital, Charsadda, where his condition was listed to be critical.
Maulana Fazil was the administrator of a seminary, Jamia Darul Addab Kula Dher, in Charsadda. He had lost the 2008 general elections to former governor Eng Shaukatullah from NA-43 Bajaur by only 500 votes. He had also escaped a life attempt in 2009 in Bajaur. He left Bajaur and shifted to Charsadda after that incident and started teaching at the seminary.
His body was sent to his hometown in Bajaur for burial.
Later, disciples of the Maulana and JUI-F leaders and workers blocked Farooq Azam Chowk at Charsadda bazaar in protest against the attack and demanded arrest of the attackers. They protesters led by JUI Charsadda convener Maulana Shaukat Ali set Friday deadline for the arrest of the killers.