Shamshad PathanShamshad Pathan is an Indian human rights lawyer and politician based in Ahmedabad. He was affiliated with Jan Sangharsh Manch as an activist, and with the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) as the party's Gujarat vice-president.[1][2]
CareerPathan represented Muslim victims of 2002 Gujarat riots in several high profile cases.[3][4] He has represented victims of manuel scavenging and slum-dwellers against eviction bids.[5][6] Pathan was attacked with a knife in Jamalpur area of Ahmedabad in March 2022 after he tried to intervene in a fight. He was treated at SVP Hospital.[2][7] Pathan resigned from AIMIM in April 2022 alleging that the party's Gujarat state president was taking decision unilaterally and not interested in strengthening the political outfit.[8][9] A few days later, 21 AIMIM office-bearers from Ahmedabad also resigned from the party.[10] References
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