the day he was suspended," the lawyer, Tariq Mehmood, said. "He (Hammad) was under pressure," he said. Two officers of the British High Commission, Consular Albert David and Helen Rawlins, also visited Mr Raza's house and talked to the widow who is a British national. When asked about their meeting with Ms Shabana, the diplomats said that being a British national "she had requested us to provide her security" but gave no details of any security provided to her family. According to the family, four people broke into Mr Raza's official residence through the kitchen window at around 4.15 am. They overpowered his parents who lived on the ground floor, tied them up and asked them about Mr Raza. Syed Amjad Ali Mashedi Rizvi, father of Mr Raza, said the intruders held the teenage housemaid Ashee at gunpoint and forced her to take them upstairs to Mr Hammad's bedroom. "As my husband responded to the knocks and opened the door, we saw four clean-shaven men in trousers and shalwar kameez. They were aged between 28 and 35. One of them was holding a pistol and another carried a knife. On seeing Hammad, the gunman shot him in the head and fled," Ms Shabana said. She said she ran downstairs crying for help and was surprised to see some policemen in the lawn. They did not do anything. However, police officer Shaukat Pervaiz, a neighbour, responded to her screams. SP Pervaiz, who is detailed with the prime minister's security squad, shouted at a police patrol, standing about 100 feet away from his house, to catch the culprits but by the time the patrol moved the attackers had disappeared. Security agencies had questioned Mr Raza for four days after the removal of Chief Justice Iftikhar. Acting Chief Justice Rana Bhagwandas visited the residence of Mr Raza, who served as a DMG officer in Balochistan before being brought to the Supreme Court by Justice Iftikhar. According to family and friends Hammad was a very honest professional who never brought official matters home and never disclosed any secrets to his wife or family. He however has been known to confide in several government officials who he was friends with. Hammad had also visited EU parliament in Europe as part of a government delegation where he made very close friends with several European counterparts who still remain in close contact with his family. The acting