About Sibghat Kadri
Lived 1937 – 2021 (aged 84). Sibghat Kadri was a British barrister.
Sibghatullah Kadri QC (23 April 1937 – 2 November 2021) was a British barrister and a Chair of the Society of Black Lawyers. He was the country's first Pakistani and Muslim Queen's Counsel barrister.
Kadri was born in the United Provinces, British India (now Uttar Pradesh) on 23 April 1937 into a Sunni Muslim family. He was involved in student movements in Karachi, Pakistan before martial law was imposed on the country.
When he moved to Britain, Kadri joined the Labour Party and worked for Inland Revenue, the Post Office and BBC Urdu.
He died from cancer on 2 November 2021, at the age of 84.
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British barrister
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Sibghat Kadri was born on 23 April 1937 in Budaun.
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Sibghat Kadri died on 2 November 2021.
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Sibghat Kadri was a barrister.
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Sibghat Kadri was British.
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