In this file photo, police officials shield IHC from protesting lawyers. DawnNewsTV/File
ISLAMABAD: Lawyers from all over Pakistan are gathering in Islamabad on Saturday (today) to devise a collective strategy to counter action being taken against members of the legal fraternity for storming the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
About 150 lawyers stormed the IHC on Feb 8, damaged the Chief Justice Block and also briefly detained the chief justice as well as other judges in protest against demolition of their chambers in an anti-encroachment drive launched by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) a day earlier.
The representatives of various bar associations of Pakistan will participate in a convention organised by Islamabad-based lawyers in the backdrop of the operation against the chambers, storming of the IHC, registration of cases and legal proceedings against their colleagues.
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