FAISALABAD: A lawyer was immediately suspended by the district bar when he threw his shoe at a judge for rejecting a bail application, hitting him and causing judges to stop working in protest, Express News reported.
Advocate Masood went to Additional Session Judge Asad Ali’s court for bail but when the judge rejected his application, the lawyer got out of control and threw his shoe at the judge.
Upon receiving news of the incident, session and civil judges stopped working and gathered in the senior civil judge’s room in protest, while lawyers called an emergency meeting in the bar room.
The district bar, upon receiving notification of the incident, immediately suspended the lawyer’s membership.
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Maybe there was a probvlem with the lawyer's shoe....all he was looking for was a quick repair "while u wait!!!"
@Mirza: One man's action and your are starting to blame entire nation. Typical leftist
the picture attached to this article is not actually suitable. this looks like more of some shoe marketing than depicting the event!
No wonder, only in Punjab.
No contempt of court for the lawyer in question. If contempt of court can be imposed on the sitting PM for allegedly refusing the Supreme Court's order, why not on a petty lawyer for making fun of the court? Why one standard for the country's PM and another for a petty lawyer? If things remain as they are, someday Supreme Court's CJ will also be greeted by a shoe in his court.
Lawyers generally behave atrociously, quite similar to the past behavior of members of armed forces and intelligence agencies. The judges can square off with all the other pressure groups in Pakistan including the holy cows of armed forces but still seems to be reluctant, nearly afraid, to enforce discipline among lawyers. You can see them, at every tier of judiciary, regularly coming very hard and using strong language against police officers, civil servants, politicians, etc, but here they ran away to the senior civil judge's room and stopped working. Why not arrest this person and send him to jail? Show some muscle now.
Lawyers are like gangsters these days.
It seems that both lawyers and judges are always looking for an opportunity not to do any work.
This is the fruit of FREE ADLIA campaign.this is our character where are we going.
@Aftab Kenneth Wilson: mine was same thought too..wish had send a pair and judge gladly said 'thanks'...
So the judges stopped working in protest to what end? Not keeping the well being of the people in mind because their feelings were hurt by a single lawyer? Is there anything that doesn't make any given group stage a protest in Pakistan or are some people capable of dealing with their disagreements like grown ups?
This shoe looks very expensive ........
New terrorists in the making - Lawyers?
This is the real picture of our society and its highly educated professionals. Blaming the govt is easy but we all have to take a look at our own actions. Personal character and personal responsibility is a must for a civilized society.