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Lawyer Hafeez Pirzada dies in UK

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KARACHI: Senior lawyer Abdul Hafeez Pirzada passed away on Tuesday night in a London hospital where he was undergoing treatment since mid-July. He was 80 years old.

A lawyer of the Sup­reme Court, Mr Pirzada last appea­red before the Judicial Commission as the lead lawyer of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. He presented the PTI’s case related to allegations about systematic rigging in the 2013 general elections.

Son of a former Sindh chief minister, Abdul Sattar Pirzada, the seasoned lawyer was one of the founding members of the PPP. He contested the general elections in 1970 and 1977 from the platform of the PPP and became a senior member of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s cabinet.

Mr Pirzada is credited to have authored the 1973 Constitution, which was unanimously passed by parliament.

Published in Dawn, September 2nd, 2015

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Sultan Alvi, Toronto, Canada
Sep 02, 2015 09:39am
RIP Pirzada Sahib. Thank you for all your services for Pakistan.
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saleem
Sep 02, 2015 01:30pm
Always with Bhutto!s good and bad days, true friend of Bhutto . RIP
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Saeed Akhtar
Sep 02, 2015 11:25pm
Let me put the record straight. The 1973 Constitution was never passed by any assembly in Pakistan. With the breakup of Pakistan the 1970 elections lost their legality. Bhutto was appointed the country's first civilian Chief Martial Law Administrator by the military. He assumed office of the President immediately thereafter and after the 1973 Constitution was "approved" by the political parties he became the Prime Minister. He was a non-elected President and non-elected Prime Minister. He was not a democratically elected Prime Minister as has been, and is being, claimed by the political leadership.
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