Iqbal Raad was a prominent Pakistani lawyer associated with the
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...
. He had been
Advocate General of
Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
until 1999. In 2000 he was one of the lead defense lawyers in the trial of ousted Pakistani prime minister
Nawaz Sharif. 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. He was 52 years old at the time of his death. In 2005, ten
Muttahida Qaumi Movement Muttahida Qaumi Movement (abbreviated MQM) is a name currently claimed by two competing Pakistani political factions:
* Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London, a political faction managed from the UK
* Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan
Muttah ...
activists were acquitted of the murder.
Muttahida activists acquitted in Raad case
, Dawn.com, Jan. 15, 2005.
References
External links
*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
Pakistani lawyers
2000 deaths
Year of birth missing
Assassinated Pakistani people
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