Agha Javed Pathan (

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: ) was a political activist from

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, who practiced as a doctor in

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. He was accused of throwing a shoe at

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(former Chief Minister of

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) in April 2008. He was accused of hitting

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during his first visit to Sindh Assembly after the 2008 general election . Later Agha Javed was arrested and subsequently released due to a lack of evidence. He died on 4 November 2018 from a

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Biography

Dr. Agha Javed, a Sindhi Pathan, was born and raised at

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. He graduated from Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro in 1996 with a

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. He was a

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since his student-life and was the Information Secretary of Sindh People Students Federation when he was in university. After his graduation he moved to

and was admitted to

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, gaining a degree in public administration in 2002, and a Master of Administrative Sciences (Health Management) in 2006. He was a close aide of Mir

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who was the exiled brother of the Pakistani Prime Minister

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Political activities

*Raised awareness of the targeted killing of doctors in

in 1999 as the Chairman of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Association *Condemned the physical manhandling of doctors by a group of attendants and friends of a patient at Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre in July 2008 and urged authorities to carry out investigations of the incidence, and called for measures to protect doctors and other hospital staff from such attacks. *Led a

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in February 2011 at the

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for the

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after latter's refusal to appear before an

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court. *Demanded immediate opening of the unused

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in 2011, which was launched by President

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in 2009, which was supposed to be functional in 2010.

Shoe throwing incident

Javed was nominated in a case of shoe-throwing against the former

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. He was accused of hitting the head of

on April 7, 2008 with his

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inside the Sindh Assembly building after an assembly session. In which, a video of the shoe-throw was shown globally. Three cases (FIR Nos 199/2008, 200/2008 and 201/2008) were registered against him under Sections 337-A, 392 of the Pakistan Penal Code, 13-D of the Arms Ordinance and Section 6/9-A of Control of Narcotic Substance Act at Preedy police station. He was arrested after police raided his home, charged with attacking with

, committing

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and possession of illegal

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and

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. He was later he was released by the court due to a lack of evidence. Immediately after the incident, the Pakistan Peoples Party activist Kazim Hakim offered Rs. 600,000 for the shoe thrown at

; Sardar Ameen Mengal, a leader from Pakistan Peoples Party, Larkana chapter offered Rs.9,000,000 for the shoe.

References

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