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National
February 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah said the journalists couldn’t be stopped from performing their duties.
IHC chief justice gave these remarks Wednesday when president Islamabad High Court Journalist Association (IHCJA) Saqib Bashir on behalf of the court reporters appeared before the chief justice and raised the matter regarding threats to journalists by some lawyers when they were storming the IHC building Monday.
A number of lawyers on that day had stopped the journalists from recording the incident and even threatened them of dire consequences.
IHCJA Secretary Ehtesham Kiani, former president Amir Saeed Abbasi and joint secretary of the association Farah Mahjabeen were also present in the courtroom and drew the chief justice’s attention towards threats to journalists.
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IHC. PHOTO: Islamabad High Court website
ISLAMABAD:
Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Athar Minallah has termed the role of court reporters important in restoring public confidence in the courts of the country and hoped they continue to perform their duties professionally and in an unbiased fashion.
The IHC chief justice shared these views at a reception in honour of the newly-elected office-bearers of the Islamabad High Court Journalists Association (IHCJA) on the lawns of the IHC here on Friday.