islamabad/rawalpindi - shahid rao andisrar ahmed -The legal fraternity of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Friday vehemently denounced the brutal killing of FIA Prosecutor Chaudhary Zulfiqar Ali terming it as an act of terrorism.They were of the view that it was an attempt to silence ...

ISLAMABAD - Continued self-education and training is indispensable to honing the skills of lawyers in the emerging areas of practice and to their social relevance in this rapidly changing world.Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, a judge of Supreme Court, expressed these views in the concluding ceremony of ...

LOS ANGELESLawyers for Michael Jackson’s mother will launch their case Monday for massive compensation from the promoter of his last doomed tour, at the trial over the late King of Pop’s 2009 death. Opening statements are due in Los Angeles at the wrongful death trial pitting Katherine ...

The lawyers acted wisely by remaining peaceful and not taking the law in their own hands, unlike the previous occasions on the appearance of General Pervez Musharraf (R) in the ATC on April 26. Some of the younger and aggressive black coats had designs to avenge themselves and teach the police and ...

THE HAGUEDarfur rebel leader Saleh Jerbo, charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court, has been killed in the western Sudanese region, his defence team said."The defence of Mr Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus hereby notifies the trial chamber, with great sadness... that Mr Jerbo died in ...

RAWALPINDI - Former President General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday obtained interim pre-arrest bail in Benazir Bhutto (BB) assassination case.The two-member division bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) comprising Justice Sardar Abdul Sami Khan and Justice Ali Baqir Najafi granted Musharraf ...

MANDI BAHAUDDIN - A meeting of about 30 lawyers belonging to PTI has decided to launch a mass contact campaign to woo the public towards his party in the upcoming general elections. The meeting was presided over by Shakeel Ahmed Advocate. Prominent among the other participants were Khuram Shezad, ...

KHARIAN - Former Tehsil Bar Association president Ch Iqbal Paswal, Advocate Ch Rashid, Advocate Ch Ismael, Ch Basharat, Nasrullah Ch, Mohammad Ashraf and Ashraf Minhas have condemned the baseless statement against DSP Sultan Meran. The senior legal experts termed the DSP as an honest and capable ...

LAHORE – Mian Dawood  - The Lahore High Court Wednesday took notices of detention of two judicial officers at courtroom by angry lawyers at Lahore and Rawalpindi and sought reports from the sessions judges concerned.Reportedly, Lahore Bar Association Vice President Irfan Basra along with ...

KARACHI -  The lawyers on Monday completely boycotted the Sindh High Court proceedings and continued their strike during former president Musharraf hearing. In SHC, the judges were present at the chambers but could not hear the cases due to strike of lawyers.  Citizens whose cases were ...

RAWALPINDI - It seems the anger of black coats against military dictator and former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, who returned Pakistan after his over four-year self-exile, yet not cooled down as the legal fraternity stressed on trial of the military dictator under Article 6 of the ...

ISLAMABAD - The representatives of Pakistan Bar Council, Supreme Court Bar Association, and High Court Bar Councils and associations of all the provinces unanimously approved the proposed amendments in the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) Rules 2010.The PBC and SCBA’s previous ...

SARGODHA - The lawyers’ fraternity expressed their happiness on the passing of Lahore High Court Sargodha bench summery by the Punjab Cabinet, and unlocked various government offices. During his telephonic address to the participants of a camp at Court Road Sargodha on Tuesday, Law Minister ...

LAHORE–MIAN DAWOOD - Lawyers from the five divisions approved for Lahore High Court’s new territorial benches have announced launching a movement if anyone from the power quarters, including the governor, turned down the decision of the Punjab cabinet.The lawyers, on strike for a month ...

LAHORE – Lawyers and Jewellers were main hindrance in professional tax collection of Excise and Taxation (E&T) department Punjab, said an officer of E&T on Monday. He said that out of thousands of lawyers only few pay professional tax since they were forced by various firms and ...

RAWALPINDI - District courts witnessed another wickedness of lawyers as they thrashed a policeman on official duty on Saturday.According to details, a group of lawyers led by Bilal Maher mercilessly beat an assistant sub inspector (ASI) of Police Station Waris Khan in the parking lot of newly ...

MANDI BAHAUDDIN/MULTAN – The lawyers community observed Yaum-e-Adalia (judiciary day) to express solidarity with the Supreme Court of Pakistan here on Friday. The members of district and High Court bars held protest meeting and demonstrations, accusing the government of disobeying the ...

LAHORE – The national conference of lawyers led by Asma Jahangir group criticised the decision of National Judicial Policy Making Committee (NJPMC) of clearing the backlog of cases pending at district judiciary and demanded to withdraw the decision immediately.The lawyers’ conference ...

LAHORE - MIAN DAWOOD - Although lawyers have always opposed the disposal of the pending cases under the National Judicial Policy (NJP), the provincial district courts have provide relief to more than 1.8 million litigants in eleven months.The lawyers say the district courts are disposing the cases ...

KHANEWAL – The District Bar Association of Khanewal observed strike to express solidarity with the Supreme Court, after the reaction by Muttehida Qaumi Movement due to issuance of contempt of court notice to its chief Altaf Hussain. DBA President Rana Jaffar Iqbal gave a call for strike. The ...

LAHORE – The legal fraternity on Thursday observed strike against a decision of National Judicial Policy Making Committee (NJPMC) of disposal of all pending cases before the subordinate judiciary until Dec 31.The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) had given a call of strike against the decision of ...

TOBA TEK SINGH – The lawyers of all tehsils of districts observed a partial strike to protest against the attack on a lawyer Masood Abid Naqvi near Lahore High Court.The strike was held here the other day on call of Punjab Bar Council and lawyers did not appear before the courts after 11am. ...

LAHORE - The legal fraternity on Wednesday observed strike to protest an attack on Advocate Masood Abid Naqvi and boycotted court proceedings at the Lahore High Court and subordinate judiciary as well.The 48-year-old lawyer suffered gunshot wounds after unidentified motorcyclists opened fire at his ...

LAHORE – Punjab Bar Council on Tuesday announced a partial strike today (Wednesday) to protest against the attack their colleague Advocate Masood Abid Naqvi by unidentified persons near the Lahore High Court. The lawyer was targeted at Fareed Court House when some unidentified persons fired ...

KARACHI - Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said the legal fraternity’s struggle has reinforced the path for restoration of independent judiciary in the country.He was talking to a 16-member delegation of Hyderabad High Court Bar headed by its President Mr. Nisar Ahmed ...

KARACHI - Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said the legal fraternity’s struggle has reinforced the path for restoration of independent judiciary in the country.He was talking to a 16-member delegation of Hyderabad High Court Bar headed by its President Mr. Nisar Ahmed ...

MIAN DAWOODLAHORE – The lawyers secured restoration of independent judiciary more than three years ago, but access to justice is still a far cry for the public at large – primarily because of endless divisions among the Black Coats.Among the recent disputes is the one involving filling ...

SARGODHA/SHEIKHUPURA - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that the lawyers’ sacrifices have blocked the way of martial law and emergency in the country, and stressed the need for making efforts to ensure benefits of independent judiciary. He expressed the views during a dinner ...

ISLAMABAD  - Lawyers across the country observed black day Saturday, 3rd November, to register their protest against the enforcement of emergency rule on this day in 2007 by former President Pervez Musharraf describing the measure as unconstitutional. The lawyers boycotted the courts and were ...

KARACHI - The legal fraternity observed Saturday as black day in Karachi and other cities of Sindh against the imposition of emergency in the country by former President and general (retired) Pervez Musharraf on November 3, 2007. On the call of the Sindh Bar Council (SBC) and Karachi Bar ...