Khalid Mehmood Soomro (7 May 1959 to 29 November 2014) was a Pakistani religious leader.^[1]

He studied at Chandka Medical College in 1976, and in 1984 he graduated with a degree of MBBS.^{[citation needed]} He completed postgraduate studies in Islamic culture from Sachal Sarmast Oriental College Larkana, and completed his religious studies from the International Islamic University,^[2] Islamabad International Islamic University Islamabad, with distinction. Soomro obtained a degree from Al-Azhar University, Egypt, where he was a student of Gad al-Haq, the university Vice-Chancellor.^{[citation needed]}

His father belonged to an Islamic and Political Party called Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Pakistan. in 1988, his political career started when he was chosen as Secretary General in Jamiat-ulmae-Islam [Sindh]. On several occasions, he was a candidate for the Provincial and National Assembly.

He served as Senator of JUI-F from Sindh in Senate of Pakistan.^[3]

Soomro set up a welfare organization called Al Mehmood Social Welfare Organization Pakistan.^{[citation needed]}

He was assassinated in Sukkur on 29 November 2014, at age 55.^[4] His funeral procession was attended by thousands of people.^[5][6]

• K̲h̲ālid Maḥmūdu Joṇo, Shahīd-i Islām: ʻAllāmah Dạ̄kṭar K̲h̲ālid Maḥmūd Sūmro jī ḥālāta, k̲h̲ayālāta, afkār ain siyāsī, samājī k̲h̲idmatun tay tafṣīlī kitāb, Lārkāna: Maktabah-yi Abū K̲h̲ālid Shahīdu, 2018, 304 p. Essays on his life and political struggle.

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