Speaking to the protesting lawyers, the speakers condemned the killing of their colleague and demanded the government to provide protection to the life and property of people.
The marching lawyers, who chanted slogans against the government and the targeted killing of the lawyer, later gathered at the Shuhada-i-Punjab Hall and attended a general body meeting of the Karachi Bar Association.
The KBA meeting unanimously passed several resolutions. The meeting resolved that no lawyer would appear as prosecutor until the government ensured effective measures for the safety of lawyers.
The meeting demanded the government to arrest the murderers of Amanullah within 48 hours.
The City Courts building gave a deserted look as small groups of lawyers visited the judges and judicial magistrate in their respective chambers and requested them to suspend the court proceedings.
A spokesman for the KBA said the legal fraternity showed unity and did not attend court proceedings, though a few lawyers did make appearances in the high court.
A very small number of litigants, witnesses, para-legal staff and investigation officers turned up, but they soon left the City Courts premises, as even the stamp vendors joined the lawyers in their boycott.
Speakers at the emergency meeting of the KBA were of the view that pre-meditated, intentional and the calculated murder of Amanullah advocate was an assault on the sanctity of the court. They said the incident amounted to deliberately violating the independence of judiciary and was meant to cause incalculable harm to the institution.
The participants, who chanted slogans against the government and the targeted killing of lawyers later dispersed peacefully.
The situation at the special anti-narcotics court in Clifton was also similar to that at the City Courts, with no defence counsel appearing before the court.
KILLING CONDEMNED: The Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA) has strongly condemned the target killing of the special prosecutor of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Advocate Ammanullah, and demanded the government to provide members of the legal community adequate security, besides taking stern measures against growing lawlessness across the country, adds PPI.
The President LHRLA, Zia Ahmed Awan, in a statement issued on Thursday said that the government on one hand claimed to be committed to upholding the laws of the land, and yet on the other hand, the legal community continued facing massive insecurity. He noted that many senior lawyers had fallen prey to target killings in the past.
Quoting the recent police action against journalists in Lahore, Islamabad and other places, he said the already feeble voice of the civil society was being stifled, which was an ominous sign for the country.
He said the deteriorating law and order situation was making the lives of people miserable.