Arif Iqbal Hussain Bhatti (death 17 October 1997) was a Pakistani jurist who was Judge of the
Lahore High Court
The Lahore High Court () is a provincial court house based in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established as a high court on 21 March 1882. The Lahore High Court has jurisdiction over the province of Punjab. The High Court's principal seat is ...
and was murdered for alleged blasphemy in verdict.
In 1995, he along Justice Khurshid Ahmed acquitted two Christian men of blasphemy charges.
In 1997, he was murdered by the
Barelvi
The Barelvi movement, also known as Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah (People of the Prophet's Way and the Community) is a Sunni revivalist movement that generally adheres to the Hanafi school, Hanafi and Shafi'i school, Shafi'i schools of jurisprudenc ...
mobster Ahmed Sher for alleged blasphemy by acquitting blasphemy offenders.
See also
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Salman Taseer
Salman Taseer (; 4 January 2011) was a Pakistani businessman and politician, who served as the 34th Governor of Punjab from 2008 until his assassination in 2011.
A member of the Pakistan Peoples Party since the 1980s, he was elected to the ...
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1997 deaths
Pakistani judges
Judges of the Lahore High Court
Assassinated Pakistani people
Blasphemy law in Pakistan
People murdered in Lahore
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