Senior lawyers Aitzaz Ahsan and Zahid Bokhari, counsel for Malik Riaz, have been banned from entering all bars of Sindh.
Karachi Bar Association President Mehmoodul Hassan on Saturday said both lawyers would be responsible for the consequences if they tried to enter any bar in the province. He said President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani were behind the conspiracy against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
The KBCA president said contempt of court proceedings should be initiated against Zahid Bokhari since no lawyer could become a spokesman for his client. He said lawyers would boycott court proceedings on Monday against what he called a conspiracy against the apex court.
Meanwhile, lawyers of Rawalpindi expressed solidarity with Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and staged a protest against Malik Riaz’s allegations on Saturday. The protesting lawyers also burnt effigies of some politicians. They observed a complete boycott of duty and gathered at Kachahri Chowk. They chanted slogans in favor of CJP and against Malik Riaz. The lawyers said they would foil every conspiracy against independent judiciary.
Aitzaz, Bokhari banned in Sindh courts
