HYDERABAD: Lawyers boycotted district courts on Monday in protest against alleged harassment of and issuance of threats to High Court Bar Association president Nisar Durrani by another lawyer.

Mr Durrani told Dawn that Sohail Brohi had threatened him with dire consequences on July 20 and demanded extortion of Rs20,000. Brohi had also posted “objectionable” stuff about him on social media for which a separate case under cybercrime laws was being prepared against him, he said and confirmed that Brohi’s membership of HCBA had been revoked.

Brohi was arrested by Cantonment police after registration of FIR against him under sections 386 (extortion), 504, 506(2) of PPC. He would be produced before antiterrorism court for obtaining remand. At present, he was in police custody under a remand granted by civil court.

Published in Dawn, July 23rd, 2019