This file photo shows lawyers pictured at the debris of their demolished chambers on Monday. Mohammad Asim / White Star
LAHORE: The Punjab Bar Council (PbBC) and Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on Tuesday expressed support for the stance of Islamabad’s lawyers protesting against the demolition of their chambers by the capital administration.
In separate statements issued on behalf of PbBC vice chairman Sardar Abdul Basit, LHCBA president Tahir Nasaraullah Warraich and other office-bearers, the two bodies said the chambers of the lawyers bulldozed in Islamabad had been built five years ago. They demanded the government reconstruct the demolished chambers of the lawyers and take action against the officials of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) involved in the ‘illegal’ operation.
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) witnessed a dark day on Monday after it was stormed and damaged by angry lawyers protesting the demolition of their chambers by the city’s civic authority.
The violent lawyers laid siege to the courtroom and the chamber of IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah, virtually keeping him hostage for about three hours. They barged into the offices of the secretary to the IHC chief justice and his auxiliary staff, broke windows and even doors of the Chief Justice Block.
Mar 22, 2015 at 11:21am PDT
32 lawyers booked for IHC rowdyism
Bar associations denounce civic authority for demolishing chambers
Lawyers stage protest against the demolition of their chambers at Islamabad katcheri, here on Monday. PHOTO: Express
ISLAMABAD:
A case has been registered against 32 lawyers, including four women law practitioners, for storming the block of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) chief justice and vandalising it.
The FIR registered at the Ramna police station includes Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act besides mob attack causing a threat to life, vandalism, disrupting peace and other relevant clauses of the Pakistan Penal Code.
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) had razed illegal structures built on the premises of the District and Sessions Court (DSC) in the wee hours of Monday. The chambers were constructed on the footpath along with the iron grills outside the court of the district and sessions judge.