LHC judge passes away

Published August 1, 2022

LAHORE: Justice Raja Shahid Mehmood Abbasi of the Lahore High Court passed away on Sunday.

He will be laid to rest at H-8 graveyard in Islamabad at 10am on Monday (today).

He was 19th on the seniority list and took oath as a judge of the LHC on June 8, 2015. Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ameer Bhatti expressed his condolences to the family.

Published in Dawn, August 1st, 2022

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