Top lawyer shot dead by colleague at Pakistan high court, say police

Abdul Latif Afridi was killed by a junior lawyer in Peshawar in what is believed to be a grudge attack

A top lawyer has been murdered at a Pakistan high court by a colleague who shot him six times while dressed in full judicial robes, according to police and a witness.

Abdul Latif Afridi, former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan, was lounging with co-workers in a break room at Peshawar high court when he was killed in an apparent grudge attack.