Lawyers propose courts lock-up

Sardar Asmatullah said in order to give a new surge to the lawyers’ movement that his bar had announced to hold a strong protest at the Constitutional Avenue on July 10 and he asked the lawyers from other parts of the country also to join it for it was being made at the time when a ‘dictator’ had once again challenged them through his speech in Karachi.
The Bars have also condemned in the strongest terms the ongoing military operation in Tribal areas and said, it was unbecoming of the character of a democratic government and the parliament that such an operation was being launched bypassing any debate or approval by the Parliament but to please only an ‘individual.’ The operation speaks of the government frustration to settle the matter through dialogue, they added.
To the question that if the Pakistan Bar Council, which has recently shown a clear split over the continuation of movement, did not agree to their recommendations and even thought of winding up the movement what would be their reaction, he said they would feel sorry if the PBC did not go with the lawyers movement and fell prey to expediencies and would hold the body accountable for its action.
The Bars also appreciated Sargodha and Jahanian Districts Bars for not accepting the government grants.
The others present at the Conference also included Secretary High Court Bar Rawalpindi Malik Muhammad Siddiq, Secretary High Court Bar Bahawalpur Muhammad Umair Hussan, Secretary High Court Bar Multan Muhammad Naveed Rana, President High Court Bar Dera Ismail Khan Muhammad Daud Khan, President High Court Bar Bahawalpur Malik Muhammad Aslam Channar, Secretary Sidh High Court Bar Munirur Rahman, Finance Secretary Sindh High Court Bar Association Sarwar Muhammad Khan, Secretary LHCBA Rana Asadullah Khan and Vice-President LHCBA Mian Muhammad Aslam.