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LeT Terrorist Abu Hashim Dies In Lahore Fall Amid Mysterious Militant Deaths
- •Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar, also known as Abu Hashim and a founding member of Lashkar-e-Taiba, died after falling from the fourth floor of Markaz Qudsia in Lahore.
- •Sarwar was designated a terrorist by the United States in 2016 for his alleged role in supporting the group's financial and fundraising networks.
- •While reports termed the fall mysterious, other accounts suggested he slipped while climbing the mosque's stairs and suffered fatal head injuries.
- •Sarwar's death adds to a growing list of Pakistan-based militant figures who have died in unusual, unexplained circumstances or targeted shootings over recent years.
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Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar, a senior Lashkar-e-Taiba founder and Lahore chief, died after falling from the fourth floor of the Markaz Qudsia religious complex in Lahore on Sunday, October 18, 2026. While some reports described the fall as mysterious, other accounts indicated that he slipped while climbing the mosque's stairs and suffered fatal head injuries.
Several high-profile militants have been killed in Pakistan in recent years under unusual circumstances, including Bashir Ahmad Peer shot dead in Rawalpindi in February 2023, Syed Khalid Raza killed in Karachi in February 2023, and Shahid Latif shot inside a Sialkot mosque in October 2023. Additionally, Jaish-e-Mohammed operative Zahoor Ibrahim Mistry was killed in Karachi in March 2022.
Javed Khanani, a director of the money-exchange company Khanani and Kalia International, died on December 4, 2016, after falling from the eighth floor of the under-construction Saima Towers in Karachi. Police investigated whether his death was accidental, a suicide, or the result of foul play, though his family removed his body before a post-mortem could take place.
