Police has arrested Adnan. He has been produced in the Anti-Terrorism Court here amid tight security. The police suspect that the attack was carried out in personal enmity.
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neighboring country Pakistan Under dramatic circumstances, a lawyer shot dead a senior lawyer in the bar room of the Keepshavar High Court. the killing Did it The accused fired six bullets into the senior lawyer’s chest. Abdul Latif Afridi, 79, was a former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and was a leader in the lawyers’ movement in Pakistan, which led to the reinstatement of former Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. .
Police said Afridi was sitting in the bar room of Peshawar High Court on Monday when a trainee lawyer named Adnan opened fire on him. The senior lawyer was immediately taken to Lady Reading Hospital here. Hospital spokesperson Muhammad Asim said he was declared dead on arrival. Asim said that six bullets were fired at Afridi.
Attack was done in ‘personal enmity’ – police
Police has arrested Adnan. He has been produced in the Anti-Terrorism Court here amid tight security. The police suspect that the attack was carried out in personal enmity. They are also probing how Adnan managed to bring the pistol inside the court premises. Afridi was imprisoned in 1979 by the then President of Pakistan, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, for participating in political activities against his regime’s martial law.
PM Sharif expressed grief
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed deep sorrow over Afridi’s killing. Sharif said in a tweet, I pray that the bereaved family gets the strength to bear this loss. The deteriorating law and order situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is worrying.
Heartbroken and saddened by the inhumane killing in the mouth of the famous law judge and former Supreme Court President Abdullatif Afridi. Jameel prays for his elevation and the rights of the soldiers.
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) January 16, 2023
Ali Zaman, president of the Peshawar Bar Association, has announced a two-day boycott of all courts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in protest against Afridi's murder.
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