The announcement comes following the meeting of PBC Vice Chairman Syed Amjad Shah with Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa in Islamabad on Monday.
A delegation of lawyers fraternity and apex court Judge Manzoor Ahmed Malik also attended the meeting, said an official statement issued by the PBC.
The issues related to the establishment of model courts and registration of cases under CrPC were discussed at length during the meeting.
After due deliberations the issues raised by the bar council were resolved in an amicable manner, according to the comunique.
It added that the chief justice had assured that the bench and bar would work in harmony in dispensing justice.
All superior bars had announced country-wide lawyers’ strike and protest against the National Judicial Policy Making Committee’s (NJPMC) decision on the new method of registering FIRs, concluding a trial in four days under a new policy and the procedure for transferring and posting judges.
The NJPMC – a body which includes all chief justices and which seeks to bring judicial reforms in the country – had resolved that applications under Section 22-A CrPC might not be entertained by courts unless accompanied by decision of relevant district superintendent police (SP) for complaints.
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