KARACHI: Eminent lawyer and former law minister Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, 80, passed away late on Tuesday in a London hospital, DawnNews reported, quoting family sources.

The veteran Supreme Court lawyer was among the prominent figures who had constituted the 1973 Constitution.

The legal expert had received his LLB degree from Karachi University and later received his LLM degree from Sindh University.

Pirzada began his legal career in the Sindh High Court.

After being elected as a Member of National Assembly for the first time in 1970, he was the country’s first minister for culture and was federal law minister when the Constitution of 1973 was approved.

Later Abdul Hafeez Pirzada became the first federal inter-provincial coordination minister after the enforcement of 1973 constitution.

In 1977, he had presented the budget as finance minister of the PPP government.

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The senior advocate had presented before judiciary in a number of famous cases. Recently he was representing Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf in the 2013 general elections rigging case.

Pirzada was also one of the founding members of Pakistan Peoples Party and was considered as a close friend of former prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

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He is reportedly survived by two sons, two daughters and a wife.