The attack on a district court in Islamabad's sector F-8 has killed 11 people and injured dozens. PHOTO: MYRA IQBAL
LAHORE:
“Court premises are a sanctuary for the aggrieved. Lawyers and security agencies are supposed to maintain law and order in courts,” Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial said on Monday.
He was addressing an emergency meeting of the Lahore High Court Bar Association in the wake of the attack at Islamabad courts.
Lawyers stopped work at half-day in Monday and announced an entire day’s strike on Tuesday (today) in protest against the attack on Islamabad courts.
Lahore High Court Bar Association’s newly elected leaders announced the decision at a general house meeting convened on emergency basis after the news of attack.
Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik and Justice Ijazul Ahsan also joined the lawyers in their meeting at Kiani Hall.
The chief justice said criticism of the security agencies’ performance was a right of the masses. He condemned the terror attack at Islamabad courts which left 11 people dead and 25 others injured.
“I urge lawyers to remain peaceful in the wake of this ghastly attack,” he said.
LHCBA President Shafqat Mahmood Chohan also condemned the attack. He demanded the government to ensure foolproof security at courts.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 4th, 2014.
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