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" S S. M. ZAFAR: A LEGACY FORETOLD By Dr. Parvez Hassan Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan Sardar Muhammad Iqbal died on 4 May 20081. Syed Mohammad Zafar died, over 15 years later, on 19 October 2023. Between the two of them, bonding remarkably, these giants truly laid, by the 1960s, the architecture for the legal profession in Punjab, if not Pakistan, for the future. These were the eminent watering holes to whom all the young, budding and needy lawyers would make their way. Each came out soon a confident and dedicated member of the legal profession. The vision, charisma, brilliance and generosity of both Sardar Iqbal and S. M. Zafar enabled this army of young professionals to, over time, replicate the lessons of their founding gurus. In fact, the legacy of these giants was easy to foretell. I had the privilege of being a part of this legendary tribe. S.M. Zafar was the first "junior" (as we were then called) of Sardar Iqbal and I was his last "junior" as Sardar Iqbal was elevated to the Lahore High Court when I left his chambers for post-graduate legal studies in the United States in 1962. In between the senior most and the most junior, came Raja Anwar, Fazle Ghani Khan, Raja Akram, Saeed Akhtar, Khalil ur Rahman Khan, Aamir Raza Khan and many other leading lights who resonated prominently on the legal horizon for decades. S. M. Zafar, I know, was special in the affections of Sardar Iqbal as would befit a pupil who had attained the enviable level of his ustad. S. M. Zafar had accomplished much to reach this affection. In addition to the excellence of his advocacy in criminal, civil, constitutional and other matters before the Courts of all over Pakistan, and even abroad, he had distinguished himself as a favorite teacher at the Punjab…