An advocate dies

Sir: Rashid Rehman was a brave man. Following his professional ethics he accepted to represent a vilified defendant knowing well that he was signing his death warrant, as it turned out.

Unlike hooligans who only raise slogans, he died demonstrating what ‘rule of law’ truly entails. It is noteworthy that for all the misgivings in the US’s 300 year legal history, including lynching and unfair trials, no lawyer was ever murdered for representing an unpopular client.
Meanwhile, in Pakistan, the canonization of Iftikhar Chaudhry, the rabble rousing ‘free media’ and the biased police and other law enforcement agencies have given their verdict: cut down men like Rashid Rehman without mercy, while allowing cutthroats like Mumtaz Qadri to openly dine as a VIP in city restaurants.
Who will look after the children of Rashid Rehman and the countless soldiers and policemen who had died in the line of duty?
Saad Gul
Falls Church, VA,
USA