Lawyers say they don’t back shutdown call
Chief minister says country can’t afford agitation.
LAHORE:
The Lahore Bar Association (LBA) announced on Saturday that it did not support the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) call for a shut down of the city on December 15 (Monday).
An LBA delegation led by its president Chaudhry Ishtiaq Ahmed called on Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.
The delegation told Sharif the LBA was against street agitation and that it would not support the protest call.
The chief minister said lawyers played an important role for the provision of speedy justice to people. He urged them to work harder to address the grievances of people.
“Bar associations should contribute to the dispensation of justice,” Sharif said.
He praised lawyers for their role in the reinstatement of an independent judiciary. He said the government was taking steps to ensure merit it all departments. The CM said the government would soon introduce a Land Record Management Information System at a cost of Rs14 billion. Ahmed said lawyers believed that any agitation would affect the country’s growth. He said the LBA was opposed to the politics of sit-ins.
Ministers Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman and Rana Mashhood Ahmed and LBA office-bearers were also present.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 14th, 2014.
The Lahore Bar Association (LBA) announced on Saturday that it did not support the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) call for a shut down of the city on December 15 (Monday).
An LBA delegation led by its president Chaudhry Ishtiaq Ahmed called on Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.
The delegation told Sharif the LBA was against street agitation and that it would not support the protest call.
The chief minister said lawyers played an important role for the provision of speedy justice to people. He urged them to work harder to address the grievances of people.
“Bar associations should contribute to the dispensation of justice,” Sharif said.
He praised lawyers for their role in the reinstatement of an independent judiciary. He said the government was taking steps to ensure merit it all departments. The CM said the government would soon introduce a Land Record Management Information System at a cost of Rs14 billion. Ahmed said lawyers believed that any agitation would affect the country’s growth. He said the LBA was opposed to the politics of sit-ins.
Ministers Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman and Rana Mashhood Ahmed and LBA office-bearers were also present.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 14th, 2014.