Ishaq was killed, along with his two sons and deputy Ghulam Rasool Shah, in a police encounter on 29 July 2015, the circumstances of which are disputed.[2][3] Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada was assassinated in Attock a month later, in an attack claimed by LeJ as retaliation.[4] Ishaq was described by various news agencies as Pakistan's most feared terror kingpin.[5]