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" OBITUARY: LATE MR   OBITUARY: LATE MR. JUSTICE MUHAMMAD AFZAL ZULLAH     Mr. Justice Muhammad Afzal Zullah, former Chief Justice of Pakistan, died at Lahore, on the 23rd of December, 2011, in the eighty-fourth year of his age.   A charming and broadly cultivated man, Justice M. Afzal Zullah was revered as a Judge of supreme intellect and lucidity, as well as for being exceptionally fair and for consistently upholding fundamental human rights and the rule of law against the worst excesses of legislative and government action. He was also one of the most elegant advocates at the Bar, at his best in the High Court and Supreme Court, where the regular interchanges with the bench demand an extremely quick mind and clear mastery of points of law.   Born on April 19, 1928 to Chaudhry Muhammad Feroze Khan, at Bijnial (Mandra), District Rawalpindi in Punjab (Pakistan), Justice Muhammad Afzal Zullah completed his college education in Political Science and Philosophy in the year 1948 and read for his law degree at Punjab University and completed it with a First Division in 1950. He furthered his academic credentials by completing Post-Graduate courses in Clinical Psychology and Journalism.   Enrolled as Pleader in 1950, he started his legal practice at Sahiwal; shifted to Rawalpindi in 1951; was enrolled as an advocate of the High Court in 1952 and established a thriving practice in criminal law and revenue matters. By the time he was enrolled as Advocate Supreme Court in 1961, he had shifted to Lahore and focused his practice on constitutional, civil and criminal matters and frequently represented and advised numerous institutions.   He was appointed as a permanent Judge of the West. Pakistan High Court in March 1970 and Judge of the Supreme…