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| November 27, 2007 | Tuesday | Ziqa’ad 16, 1428 |
KARACHI: Bar opposes changes to councils law
KARACHI, Nov 26: The Sindh High Court Bar Association has criticised amendments to the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act 1973. A resolution passed at a meeting held on Monday with SHCBA president Abrar Hasan in the chair says that bar councils were the only competent forum for disciplinary action against advocates and the legal fraternity would highly oppose any unilateral amendment in this regard.
The participants of the meeting also said that those responsible for the illegal detention of Munir A. Malik and his present health condition would have to tell the people for which crime he was detained and why he was not provided with prompt medical treatment when he was seriously ill while being under detention.
In a resolution, the SHCBA reiterated the demand for the restoration of the pre-Nov 3 judiciary and observed that without an independent judiciary no free and fair elections could be held.
Meanwhile, none of the SHCBA member appeared on Monday before judges in the Sindh High Court and continued their boycott of the court proceedings.
The Sindh High Court adjourned on Monday the hearing of an application moved by the provincial government against registration of a second FIR in respect of the October 18 explosions.
The criminal miscellaneous application came up before Chief Justice Mohammad Afzal Soomro, who had issued a notice to the respondent, Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto, on the previous date. The notice had been served and Advocate Adnan Karim informed the CJ that he intended to file his power of attorney to contest the application. Granting the request, the CJ adjourned the hearing to a date to be fixed by office.
A first information report in the case was lodged by the police and registered by the Bahadarabad police station. The blasts had occurred at the PPP leader’s reception rally and she said her party’s version had not been incorporated in the FIR. When the police declined to register another FIR in the same case, she approached the district and sessions judge (east).
The sessions judge ordered that a second FIR be registered but Advocate-General Masood A. Noorani challenged the order before the high court, saying that the judge had exceeded his authority under the relevant provision of the code of criminal procedure. The high court suspended the impugned order and issued a notice to the PPP leader. The interim order was extended on Monday till the next date of hearing.
A division bench comprising Justices Yasmin Abbasy and Mahmood Alam Rizvi adjourned a petition moved by former city nazim Niamatullah Khan against recruitment to government jobs in the province. It was submitted on behalf of the petitioner’s counsel, Syed Abul Waheed, that he was on general adjournment till December 15. A law officer sought copies of the rejoinder filed by the petitioner. Adjourning the case, the bench asked the petitioner’s counsel to furnish a copy of his rejoinder to the provincial attorney for his rebuttal.
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