ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Wednesday said lawyers attack on IHC building had disgraced the whole legal fraternity and they must be brought to book to avoid such.
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February 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Wednesday said lawyers’ attack on the IHC building had disgraced the whole legal fraternity and they must be brought to book to avoid such untoward incidents in future.
Terming the incident a disrespect for the martyrs of lawyers’ movement and an attack on judiciary and institutions, he said bar council was responsible for taking action against such lawyers for vandalising a sacred institution.
The chief justice gave these remarks during the hearing of different cases. He further said a group of some 100 lawyers had earned a bad name for legal fraternity while 95 percent professional lawyers had to face embarrassment due to a five percent’s wrongdoings.
CJP Gulzar Ahmed asks govt to review, implement LJCP reports swiftly
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December 25, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed Thursday showed his concerns over weak implementation status of reports of the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan (LJCP) and recommendations for amending various laws. He emphasised that the federal government should consider measures for expeditious process to review and implement the Commission reports.
The CJ directed the Attorney General for Pakistan to take up the matter with the government to expedite the process of implementation of reports. An LJCP meeting was held at the committee room of the Supreme Court of Pakistan building here on Thursday, with Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed in the chair as the chairman of the Commission.