The vice chairman of Sailan Muslim Foundation Shibly Aziz has passed away. – Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un

We at Sailan Muslim Foundation wish to inform with deep sorrow and profound sadness the passing away of the Vice Chairman of the Foundation Mohamed Shibly Aziz is a well-known and eminent President’s Counsel in Sri Lanka who has contributed extensively to the development of the legal system in the country from 1968. He is the former Attorney General of Sri Lanka and has served on a number of national commissions and statutory bodies and represented Sri Lankan in several international forums. He continues his legal career now in active private practice, specializing in commercial law, shipping and aviation law, and public law, and has litigated several landmark cases in the country. Mr.Aziz was appointed to the constitution council of Sri Lanka as civil society members in the nomination of prime minister and opposition leader in 2015 to 2018. He passed away on October 8th 2018.