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ISLAMABAD: National Coordination Council of
lawyers Saturday decided to stage countrywide sit-ins on August
28 Thursday; these sit-ins would be two-hour long and would
be held at every bar including High Court Bars and district
bar association across the country.
Addressing a press conference after the lawyers meeting here,
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Chaudhry Aitzaz
Ahsan announced this decision. He said an executive committee
has been constituted to conduct consultations on implementation
of the decisions of lawyers coordination council. This committee
would have Aitzaz Ahsan as chairman and Sardar Asmatulla as
its Secretary General and Hafiz Abdur Rahman as Information
Secretary. SCBA president said the representative lawyers
including the office-bearers of all the bar councils of country
would stage sit-in on September 4 at the Constitution Avenue.
Ahsan said every bar of the country would conduct a general
body meeting on August 25 (Monday) and will pass condemnation
resolution against Pakistan Bar Council and the black flags
would again be hoisted on all bar council buildings throughout
Pakistan. He said PBC has deviated from the cause of lawyers,
adding the lawyers meeting has unanimously passed resolution
in condemnation of PBC.—Agencies |
