Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti

Justice Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti (August 1948– 10 July 2006) was a Sheikhupura and Sangla Hill-based Pakistani judge and lawyer. He was a judge of Lahore High Court, Lahore, (Punjab) Pakistan and a well known criminal lawyer and law officer representing the governments of Punjab and Pakistan.

He was the Secretary of Agriculture in the 1980s and 1990s.[1][2] He was appointed as an Additional Advocate General Punjab in 1998/1999[3] and served as an Assistant Advocate General Punjab twice in 1993 and 1997. He served as Additional Advocate of the General Lahore High Court and Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan[4] from 2000 to 2004, when he was sworn in as a judge of the Lahore High Court in Multan on January 12, 2004.[5]

He died in a plane crash near Multan Airport on 10 July 2006, while he was serving as judge.[6][7] The plane burst into flames shortly after takeff and landed in a wheat field three kilometres from the airport.[8] His funeral was attended by hundreds including his fellow judges. He was buried in Sangla Hill.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Accessions List, South Asia, Volume 6, Issues 7-12, E. G. Smith, Library of Congress New Delhi, 1986, page 1086
  2. ↑ Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume 30, Issues 1-2, 1992, page 152
  3. ↑ The All Pakistan Legal Decisions, Volume 52, Issue 3, Abdul Hamid, Mohammad Ashraf, 2000, page 24
  4. ↑ Pakistan Labour Cases, Volume 44, Issues 5-8, Malik Muhammas Saeed, 2003, pge 708
  5. ↑ "Former Hon'ble Judge's". sys.lhc.gov.pk. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  6. ↑ "2006 Fokker crash SHO told to submit report about registration of case". dawn.com. June 18, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  7. ↑ "LHC stopped from moving against judge's family". dawn.com. August 2, 2007. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Families denied accurate compensation". tribune.com.pk. September 5, 2010. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Multan shut to mourn plane crash victims". daily times.com.pk. July 12, 2006. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
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