Latif Afridi, a senior lawyer and former president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association, was shot and killed on Monday inside the bar room of the Peshawar High Court (PHC), according to the police. Immediately after the event, he was transferred to the Peshawar Lady Reading Hospital, where he passed away while receiving medical care, according to a spokeswoman for the
The attacker, Adnan Khan, had previously accused Afridi of orchestrating the 2015 killing of his father, Samiullah Khan, who was also a lawyer, said Naeem Khan, a police officer.