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Judicial remand of 12 lawyers extended in Capital
ATC seeks call records of two lawyers booked in sessions court attack
ISLAMABAD:
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday extended judicial remands of 12 arrested lawyers in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) attack case. ATC Judge Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan presided over the case.
The lawyers involved in the IHC attack, including Raja Zahid, Naveed Hayat Malik, Khizer Khan, Liaquat Manzoor Kamboah, Asif Irfan, Najam Abbas Faisal Khan, Zafar Khokhar, Shoaib Gujjar, Muhammad Omar, and Asad Khan were presented before the court.
The counsel for the petitioners said that Qaiser Nawaz and Shoaib Gujjar had filed post-bail pleas in IHC and urged to wait for the high court’s decision. At this, the court directed to submit a copy of the IHC order by 1pm or else the hearing would be heard on Friday (today).
• Islamabad Bar Association counsel gives undertaking to vacate football ground in two months
• IHC suspends licences of 21 lawyers for storming court building on Feb 8
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the nod to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the district administration of Islamabad to remove lawyers’ chambers as well as courtrooms illegally constructed on the football ground in F-8 within two months.
Meanwhile, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended the licences of 21 lawyers who stormed into the Chief Justice Block on Feb 8 after the CDA demolished their illegal chambers.
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Sayyed Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi, dismissed an appeal filed by the Islamabad Bar Association (IBA) against the Feb 16 decision of the IHC to remove the illegal constructions.
Licences of 21 lawyers suspended over attack on IHC
Respondents committed grave acts of indiscipline and misconduct on February 8, states an IHC order
Lawyers stage protest against the demolition of their chambers at Islamabad katcheri. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday ordered suspension of the licences of 21 lawyers for ransacking the chamber of Chief Justice Athar Minallah during a protest against the demolition of their alleged illegal chambers at the Islamabad District Courts last month.
A three-member bench presided by Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the case. We are of the opinion that the 21 respondents arrayed in the complaint in hand had committed grave acts of indiscipline and misconduct on the 8th of February, 2021, an order of IHC issued today read.