NAWABSHAH: Lawyers boycott courts
NAWABSHAH, June 7: Lawyers on the call of Pakistan Bar Council brought out rallies in different parts of Sindh on Thursday to make authorities respect judiciary and allow freedom of expression.
District Bar Association members boycotted courts in Nawabshah by taking out rally and staging demonstrations outside press club.
The rally began from the sessions court and culminated at the Nawabshah Press Club. Protesters carrying banners raised slogans against the government.
The DBA president Ali Mohammad Dahiri, Ziaul Hassan Lanjar, Hassan Tariq and others said lawyers were united for an independent judiciary and would struggle till the reinstatement of Chief Justice.
They also condemned the government attack on press freedom and termed Pemra Ordinance as black ordinance. They demanded withdrawal of amendments and said lawyers were with journalists on the issue.
Our Naushahro Feroze Correspondent adds: Lawyers in Naushahro Feroze, Kandiaro, Moro and Bhirya boycotted court proceedings and took out rallies.
Lawyers in Naushahro Feroze led by the DBA President Arbab Ali Chandio and the Sindh Bar Council member G.M. Abbasi took out rally from the district court and ended at the press club.
Lawyers in Bhirya led by Abdul Sattar Luhrani took out a rally from court building to the press club.
Our Jacobabad correspondent adds: Lawyers in Jacobabad boycotted court proceedings and took out a rally from the bar office and reached press club. They were carrying banners and placards and raised slogans against the government. They were led by the DBA president Haji Anwar Ali Jakhrani.
Speakers vowed to continue their protest till the reinstatement of Chief Justice and demanded the independence of judiciary.