May 12, 2008	Monday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 6, 1429

KARACHI, May 11: On the eve of the deadline fixed by the ruling coalition partners for the restoration of the judiciary, a 36-member delegation of the Sindh Bar Council called on Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah at the latter’s invitation at the CM’s House.

Talking to the delegation, led by SBC chairman Abdul Haleem Siddiqui and vice-chairman Muzaffar Ali Leghari, on Sunday, the chief minister pledged that residential colonies for lawyers and bar council offices along with furnished libraries would be established in every district.

He told the delegates that a committee would be set up to get a feasibility report on a judicial complex to be constructed in the city to accommodate all the courts presently located in five districts. He said that judges would soon be appointed to fill the vacancies in Nawabshah and Sanghar courts so that area people could access justice.

About the issuance of licence of weapons, he said that licences would be issued on the recommendations of law minister.

The chief minister later handed over a cheque of Rs1 million for the Sindh Bar Council to its office-bearers. Another grant of Rs1 million for the SBC and the Karachi Bar Association was announced by Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro.

He also announced a grant of Rs0.5 million for every district bar association and Rs0.2 million for every Tehsil Bar Association.