Government has restarted campaigning against Justice Qazi Faez Isa and has allegedly urged different bar associations to adopt a resolution against him
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Lawyers condemn attack on PHCBA former GS
Peshawar
March 3, 2021
PESHAWAR: The lawyer community condemned the attack on former general secretary of the Peshawar High Court Bar Association (PHCBA) and demanded arrest of culprits.
Talking to reporters, Zia-ul-Hassan Advocate and Arbab Kaleem Advocate claimed that the attack was staged to stop the former general secretary of the PHCBA from appearing before the court. The lawyers claimed that the first information report had been lodged in East Cant Police Station against alleged culprits Shaheryar and Aurangzeb but they were still at large.
The former general secretary PHCBA Yasir Khattak Advocate claimed that he was counsel of one Asfandyar against the alleged culprits in a land dispute case.
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Justice Qazi Faez Isa. Photo courtesy Supreme Court website/File
PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court Bar Association has expressed concerns over the Supreme Court order, which restrained Justice Qazi Faez Isa from hearing any case against Prime Minister Imran Khan, and demanded that the restriction should be removed.
In a statement issued here on Monday, Peshawar High Court Bar Association president Khalid Anwar Afridi called upon the Chief Justice of Pakistan and rest of the judges of Supreme Court to put an end to exercise of quelling the voice of other judges, who disagreed with them, for sake of maintaining independence of the judiciary.