Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi (Urdu: سید ساجد علی نقوی) is a Pakistani Shia Islamic scholar from Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
His main objective is to create an Islamic rule and has advocated for the rights of Shias in Pakistan.
After the murder of Arif Hussain Hussaini in 1988, he was elected as the head [ Quaid e Millat e Jaffaria ] of the Tehrik-e-Jafaria by the Supreme Council of Shiite clergy of Pakistan.
[3] in November 2003 Pervez Musharraf regime arrested the Naqvi in charge of Azam Tariq murder case the leader of Sipah-e-Sahaba, an Islamic extremist Anti-Shia Sunni Deobandi Islamist organization leader who was murdered in 2003[4] by a member of the Sipah-e-Muhammad a shia militant organization in revenge for the Quetta mosque attack and the massacre of more than 50 shia muslims by Sipah-e-Sahaba in 2003.
The demonstrators staged a rally in Islamabad on Sunday to protest the detention of Naqvi and the killing of Shiite leaders.