Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Yaseen Azad on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to write a letter to the Swiss courts at all costs, adding that there was “something somewhere which is spurring misunderstanding”.
A delegation of 209 lawyers led by Azad left for India through Wahga border to attend a two-day international law conference there.
Talking to reporters before his departure, Azad said the government said the president basked under the immunity entitled by Article 248, underscoring that if there were more than one opinions concerning a particular article of the constitution, it was incumbent upon the SC to interpret that article.
Azad requested to the court to interpret Article 248, so that the government might come out of the maze over the immunity, adding all the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) verdicts should be implemented.
The SCBA president stressed if all institutions worked in their respective jurisdiction, no clash would occur, and if clashed did occur, it would be detrimental to the country and institutions alike.
“Short of Kashmir issue, the soured relations between Pakistan and India cannot be improved, as it is the core issue between the two countries,” he emphasized, adding that if the Kashmir dispute was resolved, the money spent on defence could be used for people’s welfare.
Judges of Faisalabad lower courts end strike
FAISALABAD
INP
The judges of lower courts of Faisalabad called off their strike against a lawyer’s misbehaviour and resumed court proceedings after consensus over settlement of dispute through organisation action. The judges went on strike against misbehaviour of advocate Mohsin Nabeel who attacked Civil Judge Azhar Ali during the court proceedings. The protesting judges wanted that a case be registered against the accused and he be tried under the law of the country. A three-member delegation appointed by the Lahore High Court (LHC) Registrar visited and recorded the statement of Civil Judge Azhar Ali and collected evidences from eyewitnesses. Later the delegation also held a meeting with the representatives of the lawyers. The lawyers took the stance that the issue should be resolved through organizational action.
The LHC probing delegation advised the judges to hand over the issue to the Punjab Bar Council instead of registering a case at police station after which they announced to end their strike and started hearing the cases.