Arif Iqbal Bhatti

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|nationality = Pakistani

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|death_date = 17 October 1997

|death_place = Lahore, Pakistan

|order1 = Justice of the Lahore High Court

|term_start1 = 1995

|term_end1 = 1997

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Arif Iqbal Hussain Bhatti (death 17 October 1997) was a Pakistani jurist who was Judge of the Lahore High Court and was murdered for alleged blasphemy in verdict.{{cite web|url=https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1997/10/15/pakistani-judge-who-acquitted-christians-of-blasphemy-is-murdered&post_id=10265|title=pakistani judge who acquitted christians of blasphemy is murdered - ucanews.com|publisher=|access-date=2018-10-31|archive-date=2018-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101055220/https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=%2F1997%2F10%2F15%2Fpakistani-judge-who-acquitted-christians-of-blasphemy-is-murdered&post_id=10265|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=pakistani judge who acquitted christians of blasphemy is murdered|url=https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1997/10/15/pakistani-judge-who-acquitted-christians-of-blasphemy-is-murdered&post_id=10265|website=ucanews.com|access-date=2025-01-27|language=en}}

In 1995, he along Justice Khurshid Ahmed acquitted two Christian men of blasphemy charges.{{cite web |last=Yasif |first=Rana |date=29 November 2012 |title=1990s blasphemy acquittal: Judge's murder case put in 'hibernation' |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/472495/1990s-blasphemy-acquittal-judges-murder-case-put-in-hibernation/ |website=The Express Tribune |publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/589587|title=High-profile blasphemy cases in the last 63 years|last=Dawn.com|date=8 December 2010|publisher=}}

In 1997, he was murdered by the Barelvi mobster Ahmed Sher for alleged blasphemy by acquitting blasphemy offenders.