Ex President Of Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association Shot Dead In Court
A distinguished Pakistani attorney become murdered on Monday below dramatic occasions after any other attorney opened hearthplace at him withinside the bar room of the Peshawar High Court.
Abdul Latif Afridi, 79, become the previous President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, and a key determine at the leading edge of the lawyers’ motion in Pakistan that culminated withinside the healing of former Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.
On Monday, Afridi become seated withinside the bar room on the Peshawar High Court, whilst Adnan, a trainee attorney, opened hearthplace at him, police stated.
The senior attorney become at once shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital right here, however he become reported lifeless on arrival, health facility spokesperson Muhammad Asim stated. Six bullets had been fired at Afridi, Asim stated.
Police have arrested Adnan. He become shifted to the anti-terrorism courtroom docket right here below tight security. Police suspected the assault become finished of “private enmity”. They also are probing how Adnan controlled to carry a pistol withinside the Peshawar High Court premises.
In 1979, Afridi become imprisoned via way of means of former Pakistan President General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq for collaborating in political sports in opposition to his regime’s martial regulation. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed “deep sorrow” over Afridi’s murder.
“I pray that the bereaved own circle of relatives undergo this loss with fortitude. The worsening regulation and order state of affairs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is alarming,” Prime Minister Sharif stated in a tweet.
Peshawar Bar Association President Ali Zaman has introduced a two-day boycott of courts throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to protest Afridi’s murder.
