Top Scottish lawyer Paul McBride has been found dead in a Pakistan hotel room.

The 48-year-old QC died in his sleep and was found dead in his bed this morning, a spokesman for the family said. 

Mr McBride was on a business trip to Lahore with human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar at the time of his death. He had been in Pakistan for several days and it was not known when he was due back in Scotland.

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