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Pakistan's Tableeghi Jamaat chief Abdul Wahab passes away

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Pakistans Tableeghi Jamaat chief Abdul Wahab passes away

Lahore - Wahab was born in Delhi and migrated to Pakistan after the partition.

Published: Sun 18 Nov 2018, 11:08 AM

Updated: Sun 18 Nov 2018, 1:10 PM

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Pakistan's Tableeghi Jamaat chief Haji Muhammad Abdul Wahab died here Sunday morning after prolonged illness. He was 95. He was being treated for dengue fever at a private hospital in Lahore.
Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain and Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Noor ul Haq Qadri have expressed grief over the demise of the nonagenarian cleric, Radio Pakistan reported.
Wahab was born in January 1923 in Delhi and migrated to Pakistan after the partition.
According to Tableeghi Markaz in Raiwind, timing of his funeral prayers will be announced later.
 



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