the right to pardon the killer with or without taking compensation. This is an Islamic way of justice and being an ideological state, Pakistan should have Islamic laws." In March 2015, he won a seat in the Senate and later took oath as deputy chairman senate. He is expected to serve in that capacity till March 2021. In February 2017, Haideri was refused a visa by US authorities. He was scheduled to head a two-member delegation to an Inter Parliamentary Union meeting at the United Nations in New York. On 12 May 2017, he managed to escape in an ISIL bombing shortly after the end of Friday prayers near the town of Mastung that targeted him; he was lightly wounded by pieces of glass from the windscreen of his car. References 1957 births Living people Pakistani senators (14th Parliament) Deobandis Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) politicians Pakistani MNAs 1993–1996 Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Federal ministers of Pakistan Balochistan MPAs 1990–1993 People from Kalat District Deputy chairmen of the Senate of Pakistan