ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has paid tributes to the former chief justice of Pakistan Mohammad Haleem who died in Karachi on Friday. In a condolence message to his family, Ms Bhutto said that she was grieved to learn about the death of ‘a great judge’ who had illumined the path for generations to traverse. She said that the late justice had a very distinguished career and will be remembered for his honesty, integrity and legal acumen for a long time to come. —Our Reporter

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