Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti

Pakistani judge

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Date of Death: 10-Jul-2006

Profession: judge

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Justice Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti (August 1948– 10 July 2006) was a Sheikhupura and Sangla Hill-based 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 the Secretary of Agriculture in the 1980s and 1990s.
He was appointed as an Additional Advocate General Punjab in 1998/1999 and served as an Assistant Advocate General Punjab twice in 1993 and 1997.
He served as Additional Advocate of the General Lahore High Court and Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan from 2000 to 2004, when he was sworn in as a judge of the Lahore High Court in Multan on January 12, 2004.He died in a plane crash near Multan Airport on 10 July 2006, while he was serving as judge.
The plane burst into flames shortly after takeoff and landed in a wheat field three kilometres from the airport.
His funeral was attended by hundreds including his fellow judges.
He was buried in Sangla Hill.