Tag: Lawyers

Lawyers to take a shot at resolving Kashmir issue

A delegation of 209 lawyers led by Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (SCBAP) President Yasin Azad left for India on Wednesday through Wagha...

Lawyers to India for Mumbai prosecution

Investigators and lawyers are travelling to India this week to gather evidence for the prosecution of seven suspects linked to the Mumbai attacks of...

Lawyers observe Black Day across Pakistan

Lawyers across the country observed Black Day against the 2007 ouster of chief justice of Pakistan by the then president Pervez Musharraf. On March 9,...

Lawyers throw out civil judge from courtroom in Lahore

The lawyers in Lahore Civil Court on Tuesday misbehaved with a civil judge and threw him out of the courtroom. According to the details, Civil...

Lawyers to get prohibited bore arms licenses: Rehman Malik

Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that only unity of legislative, judiciary, executive and media can bring the country out of a dirty whirlpool...

Investigators, lawyers delay Mumbai prosecution visit

Investigators and lawyers on Tuesday delayed plans to visit India to gather more evidence for the prosecution of seven suspects linked to the 2008...

Shias mourn; lawyers strike

Amid a peaceful strike observed in several Shia-dominated area of the city, the lawyers’ fraternity boycotted court proceedings throughout Sindh on Thursday. Different bar associations...

Lawyers on countrywide strike

Lawyers across the country on Thursday remained on strike and boycotted court proceedings against targeted killing of three lawyers in Karachi on Wednesday. The call...

Lawyers grieve over colleagues’ assassinations

On a strike call given by Punjab Bar Council (PbBC) the city lawyers on Thursday boycotted courts in the provincial capital in protest against...

Countrywide lawyers protest against Karachi killings

The lawyer community on Thursday protested the targeted murder of their three colleagues who were killed in what police and government authorities described as...

SHC takes suo moto notice of lawyers’ killing

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday took a suo moto notice of three lawyers’ murder in Karachi on Wednesday, summoning police and Ranger...

Lawyers strike to protest Karachi killings

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) lawyers announced on Wednesday that they will observe a complete strike on Thursday against the killing of lawyers in...

No judicial probe over lawyers’ murders even after 6 months

Despite the passage of almost six months, no efforts have been made by the Sindh government to set up a judicial commission to probe...

Lawyers to boycott courts today

Announcing a countrywide protest, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Yasin Azad on Wednesday appealed to all bar associations of the country to boycott...

3 Shia lawyers gunned down

A day after two activists of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) – a reorganised version of the banned militant outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan –...

Three Shia lawyers killed in Karachi

A day after two activists of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) – a reorganised version of the banned militant outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan –...

Challenges for democracy

Not quite there yet There have been considerable gains in democracy and civil and political freedoms in Pakistan over the last four years. Pakistan can...