Nothing wrong with govt funding bar associations: Ahsan

Aitezaz Ahsan Wednesday said that there is nothing wrong in bar associations getting funds from the government.


Express June 30, 2010

LAHORE: Senior Lawyer and PPP Leader Aitezaz Ahsan Wednesday said that there is nothing wrong in bar associations getting funds from the government.

Speaking to media outside the Lahore High Court, Ahsan said chances of a clash between the executive and the judiciary still exist.

He also reiterated that it is the responsibility of the government to implement orders issued by the Supreme Court.

Meanwhile General Secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association Zulqarnain Haider, addressing the media in Lahore,  condemned the government's funding campaign, saying lawyers' loyalty cannot be bought.

COMMENTS (4)

Sultan Ahmed | 13 years ago | Reply It is your duty to play role as great lawyer and political leader to bring them closer and closer.
Zulfi | 13 years ago | Reply @ No BS Reason is simple. LNG quota worth close to a billion:) so much for morality and rule of law. Only gullibles look for heroes in lesser men. Shall I say more!!!
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