Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

No-go area at Peshawar Cantt irks PDBA

'Lawyers are the defenders of the Constitution and are against any unconstitutional measures'

Our Correspondent March 22, 2023

Security personnel (L and R) stand guard outside the district court building following the killing of a man allegedly accused of blasphemy in Peshawar on July 29, 2020. (AFP/File)

PESHAWAR:

The Peshawar District Bar Association (PDBA) has expressed concern over the no-go area at Peshawar Cantonment, saying that if the “illegal blockades and gates” are not removed, the lawyers will be forced to protest strongly as there is no scope in the Constitution for installation of gates on public roads and places.

The first meeting of the newly elected cabinet of PDBA was held under the chairmanship of Ashfaq Ahmed Khalil, in which Vice President Naveed Ali Shah and General Secretary Iftikhar Hussain Samandar Advocate participated.

In the meeting on Tuesday, concern was expressed over the no-go area at Peshawar Cantonment, saying that there is no provision in the Constitution for the installation of gates on public roads and illegal blockades at places.

“Lawyers are the defenders of the Constitution and are against any unconstitutional measures.” It was unanimously decided that the cantonment administration should remove the illegal and unnecessary blockades and gates.