Islamabad lawyers to boycott courts today over judges' transfer to IHC
Pakistan
Lawyers to boycott courts in protest against transfer of judges from other high courts to the IHC
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Lawyers from the Islamabad Bar Council, Islamabad High Court Bar Association, and District Bar Association will boycott courts today (Monday) in protest against the transfer of judges from other high courts to the IHC.
Islamabad Bar Council President Aleem Abbasi said the lawyers’ community has rejected the decision of law ministry to transfer the judges from other high courts to the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
He said the purpose of this transfer was to create schism among the lawyers community and this step would be opposed wholeheartedly. He also called upon lawyers’ community to oppose this move.
He said the lawyers from Islamabad would boycott all judicial proceedings while urging all lawyers across country to stand behind their call.
Meanwhile, he also criticised the judicial commission session of February 10.
Islamabad High Court Bar Association President Riasat Ali Azad said the decision of boycott was a unanimous one. He raised serious objection to the recent transfers and said why a LHC judge was being brought into IHC.
District Bar Association President Naeem Ali Gujjar said the lawyers’ community has a history of standing for the legal rights. He deplored that political parties always forgot their past and worked against the interest of legal community.
