Iqbal Raad

Iqbal Raad was a prominent 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
  1. Sharif lawyer laid to rest, BBC News, 11 March, 2000.
  2. "Murdered Pakistani Lawyer Received Threats During Sharif Trial", CNN.com, March 11, 2000.
  3. Tariq Butt, "Murder of forgotten PML-N lawyer recalled in Supreme Court", The News International, September 9, 2011.
  4. Ian Preston (ed.), A Political Chronology of Central, South and East Asia (2001), p. 232.
  5. Tony Karon, "Pakistan shooting clouds Clinton's visit", Time.com, March 10, 2000.
  6. Defense lawyers boycott Pakistan's Sharif trial", CNN.com, March 13, 2000.
  7. "Ex-Pakistani Premier's Lawyer Gunned Down", Los Angeles Times, March 11, 2000.
  8. "Muttahida activists acquitted in Raad case", Dawn.com, Jan. 15, 2005.
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