Arif Iqbal Bhatti

Arif Iqbal Bhatti
Justice of the Lahore High Court
In office
1995–1997
Personal details
Died(1997-10-17)17 October 1997
Lahore, Pakistan
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Arif Iqbal Hussain Bhatti (died 17 October 1997) was a Pakistani jurist who was Judge of the Lahore High Court and was murdered for alleged blasphemy in verdict.

In 1995, he, along with Justice Khurshid Ahmed, acquitted two Christian men of blasphemy charges.

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

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