Muhammad Ahmed Khan Kasuri (1903–1974) was a Pakistani man assassinated in 1974 in a car ambush targeting his son. Ahmad Raza Khan Kasuri, a critic of the country's prime minister, escaped the ambush.[1] The attack was allegedly on the orders of Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

He was the judge and magistrate who signed and witness the hanging of Bhagat Singh. No magistrate in Indian wanted to witness Singh's hanging. British asked Kasuri to signed Singh's hanging and witness as magistrate, as according to British law, a magistrate is needed to witness hanging. The place where Kasuri was assassinated in Lahore is the same place where in British time the jail was situated where Bhagat Singh was hanged. [2]

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was later arrested and convicted in 1978 by the Lahore High Court and was hanged in 1979.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Pakistan Sentences Bhutto to Death For Murder Plot". The New York Times. Reuters. 1978-03-18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  2. ↑ Khalid, Haroon (March 2010). "In Bhagat Singh's memory". Daily Jang. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Niesew, Peter (1979-04-04). "Bhutto Is Hanged In Pakistan". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-03-18.


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