Afridi was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, says hospital authority
\n PESHAWAR
\nFormer Supreme Court Bar Association President and senior lawyer Abdul Latif Afridi was killed after an assailant opened fire on him inside the Peshawar High Court (PHC) bar room on Monday.
\nAccording to police, the senior lawyer Latif Afridi was sitting in the bar room with other lawyers when a gunman opened fire at him.
\n\u201cThe attacker arrived on the spot and shot him dead,\u201d police added and said that he had been shot several times.
\nAfridi was immediately rushed to the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) where he succumbed to his injuries, said Muhammad Asim the spokesperson of the hospital.
\n Meanwhile, the gunman has been taken into police custody.
\nSSP Operations Peshawar Kashif Abbasi told reporters that the arrested person has been identified as Adnan Afridi.
\nSSP Operations said that the culprit was arrested by the police personnel from the crime scene, adding that the suspect assailant had dressed as a lawyer to obtain entry to the court limits.
\nPolice have recovered a small weapon, an identity card and a student card from the attacker.
\nSources said that police during the preliminary investigation revealed that Adnan Afridi, the accused, was a close relative to the slain Latif Afridi.
\nLast year, Latif Afridi and his son were acquitted in the murder case of Anti-Terrorism Court\u2019s Judge Swat Aftab Afridi who was shot on April 2021 on the Islamabad-Peshawar highway. In the incident, his wife, daughter-in-Law, and grandson were killed.
\nSources claimed that the apparent reason behind the attack on Latif Afridi was personal enmity.
\nAbdul Latif Afiridi, also known as Latif Lala, was formerly the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and played an active role as senior leader of the National Democratic Movement.
\nHe was a member of the National Assembly between 1997 and 1999. Afridi was the first provincial president of the ANP and served as the president of the Peshawar High Court Bar Association and the vice-chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council.
\nLatif Afridi was born in Tirah, Khyber Agency in 1943.
\nAfridi was elected Supreme Court Bar Association president on 30th Oct 2020.
\nAfter the tragic incident, Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and other senior leaders of different political parties expressed grief over the tragic murder of Latif Afridi.
\nThe funeral prayer of the senior lawyer Abdul Latif Afridi would be offered in his native town Badhber area of the provincial capital on Tuesday (today) at 11 a.m.
\nANP,JI, QWP leaders condemn Latif Afridi\u2019s murder
\nLeaders of various political parties have strongly condemned the killing of former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and senior lawyer Latif Afridi in the premises of Peshawar High Court (PHC) here on Monday.
\nAwami National Party (ANP) president Asfandayr Wali Khan, Jamat-i-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq, Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) central chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao in their separate statements have strongly condemned the incident and also prayed for the departed soul.
\nANP chief has said that Latif Afridi was a senior lawyer and has rendered valuable services for the welfare of the lawyer\u2019s community.
\nHe created a unique name not only in the field of advocacy but also in the field of politics.
\nIt is a dark day for the entire Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, particularly for the lawyer community, he added.
\nJI and QWP chiefs have also paid tribute to the slain advocate and described his brutal killing as irreparable damage to KP\u2019s lawyer\u2019s community.
\nThe leaders of the political parties and others also expressed grief and demanded the government to take concrete steps for the protection of lawyers in the provincial capital.
\nAsfandayr Wali Khan urged the provincial government and law enforcers to apprehend the culprit involved in the cold-blooded murder of senior lawyer Latif Afridi.
\nIt is pertinent to mention here that the police have arrested the attacker.
\nAccording to SSP Operations Peshawar the attacker has been arrested on the spot by police personnel.
\nKP Governor expresses grief over tragic killing of Abdul Latif Afridi
\nGovernor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ghulam Ali on Monday expressed profound grief and sorrow over assassination of senior lawyer and former president supreme court bar association Abdul Latif Afridi here.
\nIn his condolence message the Governor expressed sympathy with the bereaved family and prayed courage for them to bear the loss with fortitude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Afridi was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, says hospital authority PESHAWAR Former Supreme Court Bar Association President and senior lawyer Abdul Latif Afridi was killed after an assailant opened fire on him inside the Peshawar High Court (PHC) bar room on Monday. According to police, the senior lawyer Latif Afridi was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-307860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n