Tag: Lawyers

Lawyers continue nationwide protest against contempt bill

Lawyers across the country continued protest demonstrations for the second consecutive day on Thursday against the contempt of court bill passed in the Senate...

Lawyers continue nationwide protest against contempt bill

Lawyers community across the country on Thursday continued protest demonstration against the contempt of court bill passed in Senate and National Assembly on second...

Lawyers on strike against Raja Pervez Ashraf’s election

The city lawyers Saturday went on strike against the election of Raja Pervez Ashraf as new prime minister of Pakistan, boycotting the courts, which...

‘Lawyers do not accept new PM’

The legal fraternity is set to observe a country-wide strike and Black Day on Wednesday against the ‘conspiracies’ aimed at destabilising the judiciary. The...

PBC to show solidarity with judiciary on 28th

The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Thursday announced it would observe June 28 as a day of solidarity with the judiciary. Addressing a press conference...

Rawalpindi lawyers express solidarity with CJP

Lawyers expressed solidarity with Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and staged a protest against Malik Riaz’s allegations here on Saturday. The...

Lawyers express solidarity with CJP in Rawalpindi

Lawyers expressed solidarity with Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and staged a protest against Malik Riaz’s allegations here on Saturday. The protesting lawyers...

Lawyers rally in favour of SC

The lawyers boycotted judicial proceedings countrywide to express solidarity with the higher judiciary in the wake of press conference headlined by real estate magnate...

Lawyers observe strike to express solidarity with CJP

Lawyers across the country observed a strike against Malik Riaz’s remarks against Chief Justice Ifikhar Chaudhry and expressed solidarity with him. The strike was observed...

Judge transferred on lawyers’pressure

Under pressure from a group of lawyers, Civil Judge Abu Bakar Saddique has been posted out of the district, Pakistan Today has learnt. A...

Lawyers seek dismissal of 10 counts in WikiLeaks case

WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning appeared at a military court outside Washington Wednesday for a pretrial hearing at which his lawyers were seeking dismissal of...

Can’t beat them, buy them!

Adopting a confrontational path with the superior judiciary, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani is making hectic efforts to win over the lawyers’ community to...

Lawyers again thrash policeman

A group of lawyers Wednesday thrashed a police ASI who had come for a hearing to the Lahore High Court (LHC) from Gujranwala....

Lawyers observe ‘Day of Mourning’ over Karachi violence

Lawyers across the country on Saturday observed “Day of Mourning” against the unlawful and unconstitutional act of former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf in...

Lawyers across country to observe black day today

The Pakistan Bar Council has appealed to the legal fraternity across the country to observe today (Saturday) as black day in condemnation of the...

Report dings lawyers and CJP: WSJ

In 2008, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry became the symbol of the lawyers’ movement which toppled an unelected president and brought democracy back to...

Lawyers observe strike against attack on colleague

The lawyers of the federal capital on Saturday observed strike to protest a murder attempt on former IDCBA Vice President Raja Faisal Younas Khan....