Legal fraternity’s strike enters third day

The legal fraternity observed a strike for the third consecutive day boycotting the court proceedings in protest against the three months imprisonment awarded by the Lahore High Court’s most senior judge to a lawyer member Punjab Bar Council over wearing a gown in the courtroom.

All routes leading to the courtroom of senior Puisne Judge Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan were cordoned off by the police contingents to avoid any untoward incident. However, the lawyers also appeared before courts in some emergent cases.

It is worth mentioning that the matter surfaced a few days before when advocate Rana Asif (member Punjab Bar Council) standing in Justice Malik Shahzad’s court started wearing his gown.