Black flags hoisted atop bar buildings again

The meeting decided that on August 28, 2-hours long sit-in will be held at Faisal Chowk in front of Punjab Assembly on The Mall in the middle of the lawyers’ weekly rally. The meeting vowed that complete boycott of courts will be continued on each Thursday. The meeting held that if the judges are not restored till that time, the lawyers from all parts of the country will stage protest and a sit-in in front of Parliament House on 4 September.

Among others LHCBA president Anwar Kamal, vice president Mian Muhammad Aslam, and Naseer Ahmed Bhutta addressed the general house meeting, which was attended by a large number of lawyers.

Speaking on the occasion, MNA Naseer Ahmed Bhutta Advocate said that President Musharraf had to resign due to the pressure of lawyers movement and the slogans of ‘Go Musharaf Go’ which started for independence of judiciary.

LHCBA president Anwar Kamal said Pakistan Bar Council is a statutory body but some of its members are representing the PPP government and they are making conspiracies against the lawyers’ movement and deposed judges. He said a 40-member national coordination council has been constituted in which lawyers associated with the lawyers movement has been included so as to give good leadership to the lawyers movement.

He said Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry had never played politics as alleged by PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari. He said restoration of deposed judges was a pure political issue and all excuses by the government in this regard were meaningless.

LBA secretary Latif Sarra told the LBA on Monday through a unanimous resolution had banned entry of PBC members who allegedly were following government’s agenda to sabotage the lawyers’ movement. He told that on Thursday the LBA lawyers would stage sit-ins at PMG Chowk, Kuchehri Chowk, on the road in front of Cantonment Courts and in front of Model Town courts.