On 23 February 1990, he was asaassinated by Shia militants.His funeral prayer was offered on friday 23 February 1990 after Namaz e asar.He was buried in Jamia Mehmoodiya Jhang.[citation needed] Sipah e sahaba members Riaz Basra and Akram Lahori formed their own organization in 1996, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, which was named after Haq Nawaz Jhangvi.[citation needed]