Abdul Rashid Ghazi Net Worth

Background and career

Abdul Rashid Ghazi (c. 29 January 1964 – 10 July 2007) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and diplomat-turned Islamist dissident who was Khatib of Lal Masjid, the Chief Executive of Jamia Faridia University, the Chairman of Defense of Human Rights Pakistan (DHR), a member of UNICEF Committee on preventive healthcare and a leader of Difa-e-Pakistan Council. Prior to this he had worked for the Ministry of Education and was a diplomat affiliated with UNESCO, a specialized agency of the United Nations.

He was the son of Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi, and younger brother of Abdul Aziz Ghazi.

Abdul Rashid was assassinated on 10 July 2007 during Operation Sunrise after Pakistan Army Special Service Group stormed the Lal Masjid in Islamabad.

In February 2016, Islamabad High Court issued an arrest warrants for Pervez Musharraf and several other high-ranking officials for their role in the targeted killing of Ghazi and sought a Red Notice from Interpol. The Supreme Court of Pakistan also ruled that the killing was an extrajudicial assassination.