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Abdul Lateef Afridi (Pashto/Urdu: عبدالطیف افریدی; 14 January 1943 – 16 January 2023), also known as Lateef Lala (لطیف لالا), was a Pakistani lawyer and politician who served in the National Assembly from 1997 until 1999 as a member of the Awami National Party. In September 2021, Afridi was one of the founders of the National Democratic Movement.
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- Latif afridi interview to the pashtun times
- Pak Shocker Lawyer Latif Afridi gunned down inside Peshawar HC in broad daylight Details
- Early life
- Political career
- Lawyers movement
- Death
- References
Latif afridi interview to the pashtun times
Pak Shocker: Lawyer Latif Afridi gunned down inside Peshawar HC in broad daylight | Details
Early life
Abdul Latif Afridi was born in 1943 in Tirah, Khyber Agency. He did his Master's from Peshawar University in 1966. Two years later, he did his LLB from the same institution. He was expelled from the university for supporting Fatima Jinnah in the 1964 presidential election. In 1979, he joined the Ghaus Bux Bizenjo-led Pakistan National Party (PNP) and became its Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial president. In 1986, when the PNP was merged into the Awami National Party (ANP), Latif Afridi became its first provincial president. In 1997, he was elected as a member of national assembly from NA-46.
Political career
A former provincial President (1986–1989) General secretary (2005–2007) of the Awami National Party and its short-lived breakaway faction the National Awami Party of Pakistan, he achieved fame as a supporter of the lawyers' movement in 2007–2009.
Lawyers' movement
Latif Afridi was a former president of the Peshawar High Court Bar Association (PHCBA) and ANP Lawyers' Wing, as well as vice president of the party's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chapter. Elected as president of the PHCBA four times, he has been at the forefront of the lawyers' movement that culminated in the restoration of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.
Death
On 16 January 2023, Afridi was lounging with other lawyers in the bar room at the Peshawar High Court when a gunman dressed in full judicial robes opened fire at him, striking him in the chest six times from close range. Afridi was taken to the nearby Lady Reading Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. He was 79. The attacker, Adnan Khan, was arrested at the scene and reportedly accused Afridi of orchestrating the killing of his father.