Lawyers across the country continued protest demonstrations for the second consecutive day on Thursday against the contempt of court bill passed in the Senate and the National Assembly. According to details, protest demonstrations were held by the legal fraternity in Karachi, Hyderabad, Quetta, Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Dera Ghazi Khan, and Peshawar to express solidarity with the judiciary against the contempt of court bill.
Lawyers completely boycotted court proceedings in eth lower courts on the call of their respective bar association. They lamented that the bill was another conspiracy against the judiciary, adding that the government was trying to undermine the freedom of the judiciary. Condemning the government’s move, the lawyers rejected the contempt of court bill.
