Ahmed Raza Kasuri

Ahmed Raza Kasuri

Ahmed Raza Kasuri is a former Pakistani politician and lawyer who was the intended vicitm in the murder case that led to the execution of Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. [Manzooruddin Ahmad, op. cit., P-16, 17 ] . His father was killed in the car while sitting next to him (allegedly on Bhutto's orders) in the early 1970s with bullets meant for him instead. He famously brought his father's bloodstained clothes to the National Assembly and vowed revenge. Bhutto threatened to kill Kasuri after Kasuri was the only legislator from West Pakistan to acknowledge the democratically elected leader of Pakistan who was from East Pakistan. Bhutto could not accept the defeat hence threatened Kasuri. He made 15 attempts on Kasuri's life; the fifteenth resulting in the death of Kasuri's father who was in the car with Kasuri at the time.

Kasuri remained associated with an unknown political party Tehrik-e-Istiqlal for a period of time before withdrawing from politics. He is presently an advocate at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

He became prominent in 2007 when he joined the government's legal team before the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

After a debate on "The Great Debate" on GEO TV at 1905hrs at GEO TV on September 23, 2007, [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e-4I6cT6dA Appearance on "The Great Debate" on Geo TV, September 23, 2007] ] when Kasuri reached in front of Supreme Court for a case hearing on September 24, 2007 in the morning, Khurshid Ahmad, a lawyer belonging to NWFP province, spray painted his face black. Khurshid Ahmad later told the media that he did it because Kasuri was continuously abusing the legal community.

His is father was knighted by the British for sanctioning the death sentence of Shaheed Bhagat Singh among other things.

Kasuri is known to swear a lot when he speaks, and as a result has offended a few people with his unusual way of talking.

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* [http://www.ibitians.com/2007/09/28/kasuri-ka-moon-kala-kar-ke-ghalti-nahi-ki/- Read Interview of Khursheed Ahmed Advocate Who Sprayed Kasuri's Face Black & Watch Video]


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