ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Friday expressed serious concern and reservations over proposed amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism (AML-CFT) Regulations for Lawyers and other independent Legal Professions (DNFBPs), 2021, and Oversight Body Regulations for Self-Regulatory Body (SRB) of Lawyers (DNFBPS), 2021.
The laws require legal professionals to disclose certain information which, the PBC considers, are patently against the Constitution and the substantive law. The communication between the client and counsel could not be breached directly or indirectly, said an announcement issued after the 233rd meeting of the council.
Presided over by PBC vice chairman Khushdil Khan, the meeting was held here at the Supreme Court building.