Pakistan buries 'Father of Taliban' as PM orders probe of killin Pakistani supporters gathered around an ambulance carrying the body of a key cleric Maulana Sami Ul-Haq, during his funeral ceremony in his hometown of Akora Khattak on Saturday. Maulana Sami Ul-Haq, dubbed the "Father of the Taliban", because of his close ties to the Afghan Taliban, was stabbed to death by unknown intruders at his residence Friday night. IMAGES