Azam Tariq (Urdu: اعظم طارق 10 July 1962 – 6 October 2003) was a Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar who was the leader of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP).

[2] Like most madrassa students and graduates at that time, he participated in the Soviet-Afghan jihad, and when he returned, while he was the imam of the Masjid-e-Siddiq-e-Akbar in North Karachi he formed the basis of the future SSP.

[citation needed] Tariq was elected three times to the National Assembly of Pakistan in Jhang Sadr, even though his constituency was a predominantly Shi'a region.

[4] Tariq was shot and killed in an attack on 6 October 2003 alongside Islamabad[5] as he left the M-2 Motorway to enter the city.

[7] The assassination was part of a growing wave of violent incidents in Pakistan between the sectarian Deobandi Wahhabi and the Shiah Muslims.