Sharif's Lawyer Receives Death Threats
September 9, 2000 - 0:0
KARACHI A top Pakistani criminal lawyer Friday said unknown callers had threatened to kill him for challenging deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif's conviction in a High Court here. "I am getting threatening calls for the past six days," Barrister Azizullah Sheikh told AFP before the court resumed hearing. "I will get to you soon," the caller says before hanging up without identifying himself, Sheikh, 72, said.