Re: Protest or you lose membership - Bar Association threat to lawyers
Exactly.
If Musharraf supposedly intimidates people then we hear no end to the criticism from supporters of "democracy and free speech" etc.
But if the bar associations start intimdating lawyers, then that is being justified by the same people.
Total Hypocrisy.
Musharaf Intimadates? Musharaf kidnapps people, Musharaf arrests and tortures people, Musharaf destroys the constitution, elects himself president and then changes the constitution so that no one can change the fact that he illegally changed the constitution..
You Musharaf supporters can continue to clutch at straws, but reality speaks for itself... This dictator is unpopular and without his hordes of police goons to protect him, would have been finished of a long time ago.
Re: Protest or you lose membership - Bar Association threat to lawyers
Lawyers’ protest spills onto roads
RAWALPINDI: Around 500 lawyers held a peaceful demonstration at Katcheri Chowk to demand the reinstatement of the sacked judiciary. Police encircled the venue and the protest broke up peacefully upon a request by City Police Officer (CPO) Saud Aziz. During the state of emergency, the lawyers were forced to protest within court boundaries by the police. Now that the emergency has been lifted, the lawyers managed to rally outside the court. Lawyer Shahbaz Ahmed Rajput said the lawyers were entitled to hold demonstrations similar to those of political parties during the days of elections. He said the government should remove the police from the courts. Separately, about 30 female lawyers sat in a hunger strike camp that was led by Anjuman Ara. According to Rawalpindi District Bar Association (RDBA) instructions, they boycotted the courts for three hours. Earlier, the RDBA general body passed a resolution against the “implementation of American agenda in Pakistan”. They said America wanted access to national installations and Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan. “The Americans are saying that they have a right to invade Pakistan’s Tribal Areas to arrest Osama Bin Laden, which is wrong,” said the resolution. The RDBA vowed to continue its struggle and eradicate all barriers in its path. They said the RDBA was an inspiration for their colleagues all over the country. They demanded release of all detained lawyers. They also condemned the harassment of journalists and lawyers by government agencies. staff report
Re: Protest or you lose membership - Bar Association threat to lawyers
Amazing. So much for the solidarity amongst the lawyers in support of the EX CJ. :)
Well I'm afraid that is fact. Barely a few hundred or couple of thousand lawyers turn out in these anti-govt demos, while others who disagree with them are often beaten, brutalised and intimidated.