Latif Afridi is a respected lawyer and the president of the Pakistan Peshawar High Court Bar Association. A former member of the Pakistan Parliament, (National Assembly between 1997-1999) and senior leader of the Awami National Party. A former General secretary of the Awami National Party and it's short lived breakaway faction the National Awami Party of Pakistan, he has achieved fame as a supporter of the lawyers movement in 2007-2008.