LHC bench demand: Lawyers threaten to surround SC
The lawyers have been on a strike for two months.
Iqbal said that the Bar’s general house had decided to take its more than 60-day protest for an LHC bench “to another level”. PHOTO: NASEEM JAMES/ EXPRESS/FILE
FAISALABAD:
The Faisalabad District Bar Association (DBA) has threatened to march to Islamabad and surround the Supreme Court of Pakistan if the demand for a Lahore High Court bench in Faisalabad was not met by April 22.
Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Bar President Mian Javaid Iqbal said that the Bar’s general house had decided to take its more than 60-day protest for an LHC bench “to another level”.
He said in its meeting earlier on Tuesday the general house had decided to constitute a delegation, to be headed by the president, which would meet Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on April 22. He said if they did not get a positive response from the chief justice, over 300 lawyers from Faisalabad who would accompany the delegation, would surround the Supreme Court building. The lawyers have been on a strike for two months.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 17th, 2013.
The Faisalabad District Bar Association (DBA) has threatened to march to Islamabad and surround the Supreme Court of Pakistan if the demand for a Lahore High Court bench in Faisalabad was not met by April 22.
Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Bar President Mian Javaid Iqbal said that the Bar’s general house had decided to take its more than 60-day protest for an LHC bench “to another level”.
He said in its meeting earlier on Tuesday the general house had decided to constitute a delegation, to be headed by the president, which would meet Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on April 22. He said if they did not get a positive response from the chief justice, over 300 lawyers from Faisalabad who would accompany the delegation, would surround the Supreme Court building. The lawyers have been on a strike for two months.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 17th, 2013.