Lawyers to observe strike today

Published October 30, 2008

LAHORE, Oct 29: Lawyers will observe a complete strike and boycott court proceedings on Thursday (today) in connection with their campaign for the restoration of the pre-Nov 3 judiciary.

A decision to this effect was taken during a meeting of the Lahore Bar Association held at the Aiwan-i-Adl here on Wednesday with Manzoor Qadir in the chair.

It was also decided to hold the weekly bar meeting at the Aiwan to be followed by a march to the Governor’s House. Tehrik-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan will participate in the rally.

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