Expressing concern over the suspension of senior lawyer and PPP leader Dr Babar Awan’s licence to practice law in the Supreme Court, Supreme Court Bar Association’s (SCBA) former president Ali Ahmad Kurd on Tuesday said the judiciary could not earn respect by issuing contempt notices and imitating contempt of court proceedings.
Talking to reporters at the Supreme Court building, he regretted the apex court’s decision of suspending the law practicing licence of Babar Awan.
He said it was a wrong way adopted by the judiciary to serve contempt of court notices for getting respect. Kurd said had he been scared of contempt of court proceedings, he would not have made speeches against the judges during lawyers’ movement for restoration and independence of judiciary.
He said the court should have shown restraint and the matter of Babar Awan could be referred to the Pakistan Bar Council.
Kurd concerned over Awan’s licence suspension
