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Law or the mob?

Punjab bar, LHCBA back capital lawyers over issue of demolition - Pakistan

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.

The legal profession: an introspection

The writer is a diversity and inclusion advocate. Every time I speak of increased representation of women in law, I am met with some very standard responses. The majority question the integrity, commitment and competence of female lawyers, a few bring up the seniority debate, some quite ignorantly hand down the ratio argument to superficially and, quite frankly, lazily accept the current disparity as being justified in terms of the number of male and female members licensed to practise law. Still yet there are questions on the pipeline of eligible candidates and women’s own apprehensions in coming forward and competing for leadership positions all the while those with fake degrees have been allowed space to reach the highest forums of regulatory bodies in law. In other words, non-lawyers have been placed on pedestals of leadership but there has been nearly no space for duly qualified women in leadership roles within the profession.

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