- Lawyers boycott courts, observe countrywide strike against terrorist attack at courts in Islamabad
On the call of Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), lawyers across the country observed Tuesday as a day of mourning, to protest against the terrorist attack in district courts in Islamabad.
Boycotting court proceedings, lawyers from the Supreme Court Bar Association, Islamabad High Court Bar Association and Rawalpindi District Bar Association took out rallies and chanted slogans against the capital city administration and federal government.
The lawyers have demanded of the government to ensure immediate arrests of the culprits and enhance security at courts. They also demanded payment of compensation to family members of the lawyers who were killed in this incident.
In Punjab‚ the lawyers held protests in different cities including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Bahawalpur, Jhang, Bahawalnagar, Sahiwal, Gujranwala, Vehari, Khanewal, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Jhelum and Gujrat.
In Balochistan‚ Fateha was offered for the victims of Islamabad incident at a condolence reference held all the courts in Quetta. Office bearers of Balochistan Bar Association also condemned the Islamabad terror attack and boycotted court proceedings.
In Sindh‚ a resolution adopted by Provincial High Court Bar strongly condemned the attack. The resolution was adopted at a bar’s meeting chaired by Sindh High Court Chief Justice Maqbool Baqir, while the lawyers in Muzaffarabad and Gilgit-Balistan also protested against the attack.
The conduct of these so called Lawyers is just what the terrorists wanted to see. On most such occasions Lawyers go on strike. They harass the litigants and spend this strike day as a holiday. The litigants should demand their money back for number of days on strike. The Bar Councils should move and not behave like the Parliament. The current bar election system is most damaging as this community concentrates more on next elections than the plight of helpless litigants. For a change some MNA Senator or MPA should speak for the people and raise this issue. This community has become the most law-breaking one and this happened in the last 5 years. This must change and sever punishments must be legislated.
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