PESHAWAR, May 18: A prominent advocate and Pakhtun nationalist leader Barrister Baachaa died here at a hospital on Saturday morning. He was 72.

The deceased was laid to rest at his ancestral village of Dag Ismailkhel in Nowshera. His funeral was attended by lawyers, relatives and friends in large numbers. He has left behind a widow and five children, including a son and four daughters.

His son Batoor Baryalai Baacha told Dawn his father had a fall at his residence and had suffered head injury three days ago following which he was shifted to North West Surgical Hospital where he was operated for head trauma.

Barrister Baachaa, known for his short and crispy letters to different national dailies, was a known face of the lawyers’ movement of 2007 and 2008. During that movement he was also arrested along with dozens of other lawyers and remained imprisoned for 13 days.

Barrister Baachaa was a known Pakhtun nationalist and had remained attached with ANP. Following the May 11 general elections he had released a statement to the media wherein he had held the policies of ANP responsible for its election defeat.