ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Saturday ordered the district administration and police to constitute a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe the Feb 8 attack on the Chief Justice Block of the IHC.
He made these remarks while hearing a petition filed by advocate Nazir Jawad against alleged harassment by police during the ongoing raids to arrest lawyers nominated in the First Information Report (FIR) in connection with the IHC rampage.
The court was also informed that a district courts complex had been approved in the federal capital and the government had also hired a consultant to execute the project. Justice Minallah directed that the JIT would perform its function in consultation with the lawyers’ bodies and advised the police to arrest only those nominated in the FIRs, warning them against harassing lawyers who were not involved in the attack.
Police deployed on the premises of Islamabad High Court on Tuesday. Photo by Mohammad Asim
ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Friday rejected the post-arrest bail applications of four lawyers arrested for storming into the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Feb 8. ATC Judge Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan dismissed the bail applications of advocates Naveed Hayat Malik, Chaudhry Zafar Ali Warraich, Nazia Bibi and Sheikh Mohammad Shoaib.
The detained lawyers in their petition maintained that the First Information Report (FIR) registered against them in connection with the Feb 8 incident was totally false, fabricated, concocted and baseless.
The petition said the four lawyers were innocent and the case should be further probed. “Moreover, sections alleged in the FIR are not attracted against present petitioners.”
This file photo shows lawyers pictured at the debris of their demolished chambers on Monday. Mohammad Asim / White Star
LAHORE: The Punjab Bar Council (PbBC) and Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on Tuesday expressed support for the stance of Islamabad’s lawyers protesting against the demolition of their chambers by the capital administration.
In separate statements issued on behalf of PbBC vice chairman Sardar Abdul Basit, LHCBA president Tahir Nasaraullah Warraich and other office-bearers, the two bodies said the chambers of the lawyers bulldozed in Islamabad had been built five years ago. They demanded the government reconstruct the demolished chambers of the lawyers and take action against the officials of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) involved in the ‘illegal’ operation.
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) witnessed a dark day on Monday after it was stormed and damaged by angry lawyers protesting the demolition of their chambers by the city’s civic authority.
The violent lawyers laid siege to the courtroom and the chamber of IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah, virtually keeping him hostage for about three hours. They barged into the offices of the secretary to the IHC chief justice and his auxiliary staff, broke windows and even doors of the Chief Justice Block.
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Lawyers in Islamabad staged a protest after their chambers at the Islamabad judicial complex were destroyed by the Capital Development Authority on Monday.
The authority has claimed that these chambers are being built on encroached land.
The lawyers have challenged these claims. The protesters marched towards the Chief Justice Block and broke windows there. They also shouted slogans outside the IHC Chief Justice s office. Athar Minallah is reportedly stuck in his chamber.