Secures 18 of a total of 23 seats; forms committee on judicial reforms
ISLAMABAD:
The Asma Jahangir Group has maintained its dominance in the apex regularity body of lawyers known as the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) by securing 18 of the 23 total seats in the elections.
The same group s candidate, Khush Dil Khan, has been elected as the new vice chairman of the PBC unopposed for a period of one year. Khan is also a sitting MPA of the Awami National Party (ANP) in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly.
Interestingly, of the 23 PBC members, 18 are associated with the Asma Group. Two members from Sindh have decided to sit on the independent bench while only three PBC members of the Hamid Khan Group will be sitting on the opposition bench.
Cracks emerge in opposition alliance
Two lawmakers leave protest camp outside CM house, meet with Mahmood
Muttahida Qaumi Movement lawmakers staged a token walkout after not being able to move a resolution calling to lift the ban on the coverage of party chief Altaf Hussain’s speeches. PHOTO: ONLINE
PESHAWAR:
Cracks appear to be emerging in the opposition in the provincial assembly after two lawmakers from the protest camp, set up outside the chief minister’s office in Peshawar, met with the provincial chief executive.
Members of the opposition benches in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly set up on Tuesday a protest camp outside Chief Minister Mahmood Khan’s office to protest the government’s reluctance to issue them development funds.