Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti

Justice Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti (August 1948 – 10 July 2006) who hailed from Sangla Hill area of Sheikhupura district was a Pakistani judge and lawyer. He was a judge of Lahore High Court, and a well known criminal lawyer and law officer representing the governments of Punjab and Pakistan.

He was appointed as an Additional Advocate General Punjab in 1998–1999.^[1] Earlier, he also served as an Assistant Advocate General Punjab twice in 1993 and 1997. He was appointed as Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan^[2] from 2000 to 2004, when he was sworn in as a judge of the Lahore High Court and posted to the LHC bench in Multan on January 12, 2004.^[3]

He died in a plane crash near Multan Airport on 10 July 2006, while he was serving as judge.^[4][5] The plane burst into flames shortly after takeoff after crashing into a wheat field three kilometres from the airport.^[6] His funeral was attended by hundreds including his fellow judges. He was buried in Sangla Hill.^[7] His son Amir Nawaz Bhatti is also a practicing lawyer and member of the Lahore High Court Bar Association, Lahore.