If the so-called educated element of Pakistani society can act with such violence, what hope is there for the rest of Pakistan? Don’t these lawyers realise that the EX CJ himslef was a PCO Judge?
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1st day of work for new judges: Lawyers go berserk at LHC
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** Smash courtroom door, shout slogans against PCO judges, govt*
*By Rana Tanveer *
LAHORE: Lawyers on Monday went berserk at the Lahore High Court (LHC) on the first working day of the newly appointed judges and also broke a courtroom’s door.
Following the Pakistan Bar Council’s call to boycott the court proceedings till February 18, the lawyers in leadership of new LHCBA President Firdous Butt stormed various courtrooms and shouted slogans against the government.
Lawyers after finding the door to one of the court’s closed, broke it. They also shouted slogans against the judges who took oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO).
Later, they headed towards another court, but guards locked the door from inside. They broke the nameplate put up outside the court. They also shouted slogans against the judge.
They then entered another court and forced the lawyers attending court proceedings to leave. They also entered another court and stopped the proceedings.
They chased Additional Advocate General Tahir Munir Malik, but he managed to escape. They also forced Advocate Baleeghuzaman to leave a courtroom.
LHC Chief Justice (CJ) Syed Zahid Hussain met with the LHCBA representatives. LHCBA President Firdous Butt said the CJ had asked them to maintain the sanctity of the courts.
Talking to reporters, she said, the lawyers would continue to boycott the court proceedings till February 18. She said Ahsan Bhoon’s elevation as a judge
had angered the lawyers who
had made him (Bhoon) the LHCBA president.
She said the lawyers, who had taken oath as judges, would neither remain a part of the bar nor that of the bench. She added she would cancel memberships of the lawyers who would appear before the judges.
Separately, the petition seeling the bail cancellation for the alleged killed of Salvation Army Pakistan commander Col Bo Brekke could not be heard on Monday because of the lawyers strike. The LHC office will fix a new date for the hearing.