Top Story February 19, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday issued notices to 21 lawyers for misconduct and ambush in the court.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah and comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Lubna Saleem Pervaiz sought reply from the lawyers within one week.
The Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA) President Haseeb Chaudhry, Riasat Ali Azad and other lawyers appeared before the bench.
During hearing Chief Justice Athar Minallah observed that this is not his personal issue, but directly relates with the sanctity of the court. “We would send references against lawyers involved in the IHC attack, under the law,” he said.
February 9, 2021
ISLAMBADA: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) and all lower courts in the federal capital territory were closed after lawyers went on the rampage at the Islamabad Judicial Complex following demolition of their ‘illegal’ chambers.
The angry lawyers smashed windowpanes of Chief Justice’s block of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) also, after the CDA demolished all ‘illegal’ chambers, set up on the premises of the district and sessions courts in Islamabad.
The judges of IHC including Chief Justice Athar Minallah were forced to confine themselves to their chambers when the lawyers turned violent. They chanted slogans against the IHC CJ and also clashed with journalists, who had reached there for coverage of the violent protest. Sources said the Special Security Unit was not present when lawyers started their protest.
February 9, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) and all lower courts in the federal capital territory were closed after lawyers went on the rampage at the Islamabad Judicial Complex following demolition of their ‘illegal’ chambers.
The angry lawyers smashed windowpanes of Chief Justice’s block of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) also, after the CDA demolished all ‘illegal’ chambers, set up on the premises of the district and sessions courts in Islamabad.
The judges of IHC, including Chief Justice Athar Minallah, were forced to confine themselves to their chambers when the lawyers turned violent. They chanted slogans against the IHC CJ and also clashed with journalists, who had reached there for coverage of the violent protest. Sources said the Special Security Unit was not present when the lawyers started their protest.