LAHORE – Former Lahore High Court judge and ex-attorney general of PakistanMalik Mohammad Qayyum passed away in Lahore on Friday.
Malik Qayuum was brother of PML-N senior leader and Pervaiz Malik and uncleof MNA Ali Pervaiz Malik.
His funeral prayers will be offered in Jamia Ashrafia Mosque after Jumaprayers.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif offered condolence on the demise of MalikQayyum.
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Qayyum was a senior lawyer of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and had advisedthe sitting benches of the higher judiciary on constitutional issues. Hewas responsible for conducting the inquiry into match fixing which waslauded by the ICC known as the “Qayyum Report”.
Qayyum resigned from the LHC following a controversy over a phonetranscript in which he was alleged to be approached for fixing a judgementin a high profile political case.
