Iqbal Raad was a Pakistani lawyer associated with the Pakistan Muslim League (N).[1][2] He had been Advocate General of Sindh until 1999.[3] In 2000 he was one of the lead defense lawyers in the trial of ousted Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif.[4] On 10 March 2000 he was killed in his office in Karachi by three gunmen, while a fourth stood guard at the entrance to the building.[5][6] He was 52 years old at the time of his death.[7] In 2005, ten Muttahida Qaumi Movement activists were acquitted of the murder.[8]
References
edit- ^ Sharif lawyer laid to rest, BBC News, 11 March, 2000.
- ^ "Murdered Pakistani Lawyer Received Threats During Sharif Trial", CNN.com, March 11, 2000.
- ^ Tariq Butt, "Murder of forgotten PML-N lawyer recalled in Supreme Court", The News International, September 9, 2011.
- ^ Ian Preston (ed.), A Political Chronology of Central, South and East Asia (2001), p. 232.
- ^ Tony Karon, "Pakistan shooting clouds Clinton's visit", Time.com, March 10, 2000.
- ^ Defense lawyers boycott Pakistan's Sharif trial", CNN.com, March 13, 2000.
- ^ "Ex-Pakistani Premier's Lawyer Gunned Down", Los Angeles Times, March 11, 2000.
- ^ "Muttahida activists acquitted in Raad case", Dawn.com, Jan. 15, 2005.
External links
edit- http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-body-of-iqbal-raad-lawyer-for-deposed-pakistani-prime-news-photo/1593193
- http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/family-members-mourn-the-death-of-iqbal-raad-lawyer-for-news-photo/1508806
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