Arif Iqbal Bhatti

Arif Iqbal Hussain Bhatti (death 17 October 1997) was a Pakistani jurist who was Judge of the Lahore High Court and was murdered for alleged blasphemy in verdict.^[1]

In 1995, he along Justice Khurshid Ahmed acquitted two Christian men of blasphemy charges.^[2][3]

In 1997, he was murdered by the Barelvi mobster Ahmed Sher for alleged blasphemy by acquitting blasphemy offenders.^[2]

See also

• Salman Taseer

References

1. "pakistani judge who acquitted christians of blasphemy is murdered - ucanews.com". Archived from the original on 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
2. "1990s blasphemy acquittal: Judge's murder case put in 'hibernation' - The Express Tribune". 29 November 2012.
3. Dawn.com (8 December 2010). "High-profile blasphemy cases in the last 63 years".