TOBA TEK SINGH, April 13: The District Bar Association suspended membership of eight lawyers on Friday. The action was taken in a meeting presided over by DBA chief Javed Aslam Kahloon.
The suspended lawyers allegedly attended a convention at Lahore which was called by Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi.
Those suspended include, Akhtar Dhillon (brother of Lt-Gen Muhammad Javed), Abdul Sattar, Mian Shahid Akram (brother of ruling MPA from Rajana Brig Javed Akram), Iftikhar Sidhu (former DBA general secretary), Abdul Munem Oatal (tehsil naib nazim), Atiq Chaudhry, Syed Wafadar Husain and Chaudhry Aurangzeb.
Their names were sent to the Punjab Bar Council for cancellation of their licences.
RALLY: Lawyers took out a protest rally on Friday against suspension of Chief Justice of Pakistan.
The rally started from the bar room and after marching through Kamalia and Jhang roads ended at same place.
At Saddar Bazaar Chowk, DBA president Javed Kahloon, Safdar Nasir Chohan, Mian Shoaib, Rana Azam and Mian Abdul Basit condemned the presidential reference against the CJP.
They announced that protest of lawyers would continue till the reinstatement of CJP and ouster of rulers.
Former MNA and district PPP president Haji Ishaq also participated in the rally to show solidarity with lawyers.
The lawyers at Kamalia also observed a complete strike.
