Justice Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti (August 1948– 10 July 2006) who hailed from Sangla Hill area of Sheikhupura district was a Pakistani judge and lawyer. He was a judge of Lahore High Court, Lahore, (Punjab) Pakistan and a well known criminal lawyer and law officer representing the governments of Punjab and Pakistan.
He was appointed as an Additional Advocate General Punjab in 1998–1999 [1] earlier he also served as an Assistant Advocate General Punjab twice in 1993 and 1997. He was appointed as Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan [2] from 2000 to 2004, when he was sworn in as a judge of the Lahore High Court in Multan on January 12, 2004. [3]
He died in a plane crash near Multan Airport on 10 July 2006, while he was serving as judge. [4] [5] The plane burst into flames shortly after takeoff and landed in a wheat field three kilometres from the airport. [6] His funeral was attended by hundreds including his fellow judges. He was buried in Sangla Hill. [7] His son Amir Nawaz Bhatti is also a practicing lawyer and member of Lahore High Court Bar Association, Lahore.
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