KARACHI: Booklet on lawyers’ movement

Published September 20, 2007

KARACHI, Sept 19: The Pakistan Bar Council and the Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission have jointly published a pictorial booklet on the lawyers’ movement for the independence of judiciary.

The booklet was launched here on Tuesday evening by PBC member Rasheed A. Razvi.

It also depicts some of the sordid events, including manhandling of a chief justice, the Karachi killings and beating up of a senior lawyer in Lahore. The booklet would be available for mass circulation in two weeks.

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