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BAHAWALPUR, July 10: Members of the district Bar associations on Thursday took out rallies across the Punjab to protest against sealing of the Supreme Court Bar Association’s offices in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi.
They also decried the carnage in Quetta on the call of the Pakistan Bar Council and the SCBA.
In Bahawalpur, the lawyers boycotted routine proceedings after 10:30am. They demanded the government that it should unlock the SCBA offices.
Litigants, who had come for their cases from far-off places, faced a great deal of difficulty. However, the relevant courts adjourned their cases.
Regretting the recent bloodletting in Quetta, the lawyers urged the government to arrest the culprits and gave them exemplary punishment.
GUJRANWALA: Boycotting the proceedings, lawyers flayed the decision to seal the SCBA offices.
Convening a meeting, District Bar Association President Ilyas Husain Rehan criticized sealing of the SCBA rooms, demanding that these should be opened to the lawyers. “The lawyers are being denied freedom through this act,” he said.
Adopting a resolution, the lawyers threatened that they would extend their protest to other parts of the country if the decision was not withdrawn.
SARGODHA: Lawyers went on a strike to express their anguish over massacre in Quetta and the LFO logjam.
They hoisted black flag at the local Bar office building and offered fateha for the deceased. They asked the government to take stern action against the terrorists.
DBA President Malik Muhammad Afzal Faroka urged the rulers to be flexible on controversial issues and solve these through talks with the opposition.
The DBA members pledged to continue their struggle for revival of democracy.
OKARA: A complete strike was observed also in Okara district with the lawyers urging the government to refrain from taking decisions as the closure of SCBA offices.
The local Bar president and secretary-general demanded the district government higher-ups to improve law and order situation.
