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Dismisses request for judicial commission, asks IHC bar association secretary to identify culprits Chief Justice Islamabad High Court Justice Athar Minallah. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah, expressing displeasure over last week s ransacking of the high court on Monday, called for lawyers involved in the attack to be given exemplary punishment. The judge made these remarks while hearing the case pertaining to the lawyers February 8 rampage. Hundreds of lawyers ransacked the high court s premises, including the IHC CJ s chambers, during a protest over demolition of illegally built lawyers chambers. During the proceeding, secretary of the IHC s bar association, Sohail Akbar Chaudhry, asked the court to form a judicial commission to investigate the case. ....
Justice Minallah rains down on police for harassing other lawyers; asks LEAs to name actual culprits Chief Justice Islamabad High Court Justice Athar Minallah. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah reprimanded the police on Friday for not taking action against the lawyers involved in the high court s February 8 rampage, saying he wants the real culprits to be named. Two days ago, the Islamabad High Court chief justice termed the lawyers hooliganism a disgrace for the entire legal fraternity as well as an attack on the judiciary itself. What is going on and who is doing all of this, Justice Minallah asked the deputy commissioner and added, who is harassing other, professional lawyers. ....