Yahya Bakhtiar

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Yahya Bakhtiar
یٰحیٰی بختيار
Born1921
British India
Died27 June 2003(2003-06-27) (aged 81)
ChildrenZeba Bakhtiar (daughter)
RelativesHuma Akbar (daughter-in-law)
Azaan Sami Khan (grandson)
Sultana Zafar (niece)

Yahya Bakhtiar (

British India. Yahya Bakhtiar died on June 27, 2003, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[1]

Education

Born into Pashtun family, Yahya Bakhtiar studied at schools in Quetta and Lahore. He studied Law in London and was called to the Bar in the United Kingdom. He became a member of the All-India Muslim League in 1941.[1]

Career

Yahya Bakhtiar, as the

Pakistan Peoples Party after leaving the Council Muslim League.[1]
Yahya Bakhtiar became well known in Pakistan when he defended the former
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in court trial against the Zia-ul-Haq government starting on 24 October 1977, but Bhutto was sentenced to death on 18 March 1978 and then actually hanged on 4 April 1979.[4] This hanging of a democratically elected prime minister was called a "judicial murder" by many people in Pakistan.[5]

Bakhtiar was elected as a member of

Attorney General of Pakistan again when Benazir Bhutto became prime minister in 1988. He also represented Nawaz Sharif in the Supreme Court of Pakistan when then president Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolved the National Assembly by using his powers under Article 58(2)(B).[1]

Family and survivors

Yahya Bakhtiar was married to Eva Bakhtiar and had two sons and two daughters, including actress Zeba Bakhtiar.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Yahya Bakhtiar dies, Yahya Bakhtiar article on Dawn newspaper, Published 28 June 2003, Retrieved 17 October 2016
  2. ^ "1974 NA Proceedings Pakistan - Qadiani Ahmadiyya Issue". National Assembly Of Pakistan.
  3. ^ a b Government of Pakistan, (GoPAK). "Second Amendment". Ministry of Law and Justice. The Electronic Government of Pakistan.
  4. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
    in court trial', on whitengreen.com website, Retrieved 17 October 2016
  5. ^ http://nation.com.pk/Politics/12-Apr-2011/ZAB-judicially-murdered-exAG, Yahya Bakhtiar on team of attorneys to defend Bhutto in court, The Nation (Pakistan) newspaper, Published 12 April 2011, Retrieved 17 October 2016
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