Whatsapp

" MR MR. MANZOOR QADIR'S LOVE FOR ACCURACY A GUIDE FOR YOUNG LEGAL PRACTITIONERS By Taki Ahmed Khan M.A., Barrister-at-law Lahore 1. Everyone knows that Mr. Manzoor Qadir was kind and humane. This he certainly was, but rarely it appears that he had lost his patience. These were always the occasions when someone deliberately ignored the obvious facts or falsified for ulterior motives. His passion for truth would urge him to expose the lie before its author. 2. In the dark day of November, 1971 a gentleman returned from Dacca. Mr. Manzoor Qadir was very worried in those days about the situation in the then East Pakistan. I remember that he would sometimes interrupt legal work and desperately remarked:-- "It is tomfoolery to engage in legal hair splitting when the country is passing through such catastrophic period." Anxiously Mr. Manzoor Qadir asked about the life in Dacca. The gentleman replied rather optimistically. "The situation appears completely under control. I travelled at night time from airport to Dacca City and saw that only one Razakar guarded the whole track of road." Mr. Manzoor Qadir did not believe him and coldly replied "but can you say that the lone Razakar was not ambushed after you had passed him." 3. It was Mr. Manzoor Qadir's way to summon his client when he was in the last stage of the preparation of the case. In one murder case of Kot Lakhpat the client narrated the story which police had put in his mouth:- "You are not speaking the truth" Mr. Manzoor Qadir warned "How could you watch your brother behind butchered and do nothing. The client admitted that he was not present at the dine of occurrence. 4. When someone was misconceived or had innocently followed wrong reasons, Mr, Manzoor Qadir would…