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Justice Javed Iqbal passes away at 91

Islamabad - Javed Iqbal was author of several English and Urdu books.

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Published: Sun 4 Oct 2015, 4:11 PM

 Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal, son of poet-philosopher Allama Iqbal, passed away at the age of 91 in Lahore on Saturday.
Himself a prominent scholar, former justice was under treatment for cancer at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital in Lahore.
Waleed Iqbal, son of Javed Iqbal, confirmed the death of his father saying that he passed away at around 8am on Saturday morning.
Javed Iqbal served as a senior justice at the Supreme Court of Pakistan and previously as the chief justice of the Lahore High Court (LHC).
He obtained a BA (honours) degree from Government College Lahore in 1944, a masters degree in English and philosophy in 1948, and a PhD degree in philosophy from the University of Cambridge in 1954 at the age of 30. He then pursued his passion for law, graduating as a barrister in London.
The former justice participated thrice as a member of the Pakistani delegation at the United Nations.
Javed Iqbal penned several books on the ideology of Pakistan. He is survived by wife justice (Retd) Nasira Iqbal and two sons Walid Iqbal and Munib Iqbal.
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