KARACHI: Legal proceedings remained suspended at the subordinate judiciary on the second consecutive working day as lawyers continued the boycott on Monday against the killing of a colleague of theirs.

The Sindh Bar Council had given a province-wide strike call for Saturday and Monday after the murder of Advocate Ameer Haider Shah, who was gunned down in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Aug 28. The Pakistan Bar Council had also announced a country-wide boycott for Monday.

The courts wore a deserted look and hundreds of cases fixed for Monday could not be taken up for hearing since the undertrial prisoners were not brought to the courts as the lawyers also locked the main entrances to the City Courts.

The legal work at district courts in Malir also remained suspended as the lawyers stayed away from courts.

The legal fraternity had also boycotted courts on Saturday and staged a sit-in outside the headquarters of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh.

Published in Dawn, September 1st, 2015

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