Khan Muttaqi Nadeem


Khan Muttaqi Nadeem
was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, and was an advocate lawyer, poet and author.

Education and work

Khan Muttaqi Nadeem had an LLB and LLM degree from islamia law college, Karachi, Pakistan. He received his BA from University of Karachi. Nadeem was an advocate lawyer, poet and author.
He served Government of Sindh as Assistant Advocate general And than Additional Advocate general Sindh for many years.
He served as Benazir Bhutto's lawyer in Sindh. Nadeem was appointed as Assistant Advocate General, Sindh in 1989. He was very influential among Ullema and politicians and had presented the Shia community in important cases including the Tribunal of 1984. Nadeem was the Bani-e-Julos of 9th and 10th muharam which rose from Mehfil-e-Haidri karachi.

Personal life

Nadeem was married to Syeda Waqar Jehan and they have three sons and three daughters. His interests included poetry, Urdu and English literature and is an author of three books. He died in July 2006 and is buried in the Wadi-e-Hussain graveyard in Karachi.