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MENAFN.COM
March 31, 2018
Pakistan- Lawyer shot dead in Swabi. Date. 3/31/2018 2:28:09 AM ... Police said the District Bar Association member Zainullah Advocate was going home when unidentified armed men opened fire on him at Jehangira Road near the cattle market. The lawyer died on the spot in the firing. Lawyers regularly come underÃâà...
Pakistan Today
March 30, 2018
The President Karachi Bar Association Haider Imam Rizvi advised the judiciary to remain focused on its constitutional role of dispute resolution and enforcement of the rule of law 'instead of making unnecessary speeches and comments'. Also, the Supreme Court must not be dragged into the political frayÃâà...
DAWN.com
March 29, 2018
KARACHI: The Karachi Bar Association on Wednesday expressed deep concern over recent developments which it said posed a serious threat to the ... of the army chief and now the chief justice of Pakistan, did not add to the prestige and majesty of their offices, but reduced them to political or cult figures.
The Express Tribune
March 29, 2018
The sources said that a meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) to consider the elevation of SHC judge had been rescheduled and ... The Peshawar High Court Bar Association, the Peshawar District Bar Association and the K-P Bar Council on March 27 passed a resolution, wherein it isÃâà...
The Nation
March 29, 2018
MIRPUR (AJK)-Former president of District Bar Association Mirpur Zulfiqar Ahmed Raja has welcomed the Pakistani government's decision to abolish ... “Rather in present circumstances, AJK Council performs as the parallel government in Azad Jammu Kashmir headed by its Prime Minister of Pakistan sideÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
March 28, 2018
Pakistan Bar Counsil Vice Chairman Kamran Murtaza, who withdrew his representation from defending Hashmi earlier, said had these words been used for someone else they still would not have defended them. During the hearing, Rizvi informed the court that Hashmi's licence to practice law has beenÃâà...
DAWN.com
March 28, 2018
During the joint general body meeting of the Peshawar High Court Bar Association, Peshawar District Bar Association and KP Bar Council, the participants ... The meeting urged the Pakistan Bar Council and bar councils of the four provinces to immediately coordinate and convene the All Pakistan LawyersÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 16, 2018
Justice Dost Muhammad Khan, however, through the Registrar's Office, intimated to the Supreme Court Bar Association as well as Pakistan Bar Council, not to attend their receptions on the eve of his retirement, declining with thanks. No reasons were mentioned by the Registrar's Office as to why JusticeÃâà...
Pakistan Today
March 15, 2018
QUETTA: Balochistan Advocate General (AG) Amanullah Kanrani has announced his resignation in order to participate in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections as its president. He made this announcement at a press conference here on Wednesday. Kanrani said that he was appointed asÃâà...
The Nation
March 15, 2018
Quetta - Balochistan lawyers on Wednesday boycotted court proceedings over the FIRs lodged against the leaders of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) in Zhob and Qilla Saifullah over their speeches. The Balochistan Bar Council, the Balochistan High Court Bar Association and Quetta Bar AssociationÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 15, 2018
PESHAWAR: A lawyer association from the home district of Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Asad Qaiser issued legal notice to him for not honouring his announcement for the bar. The Tehsil Bar Association Chota Lahor in Swabi district issued the legal notice through its president and generalÃâà...
UrduPoint News
March 13, 2018
LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Mar, 2018 ):Tributes were paid to former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president and human rights activist (late) Asma Jehangir in a condolence reference held by at Lahore High Court Bar Associations's (LHCBA) Javed Iqbal Auditorium here onÃâà...
NBCNews.com
March 12, 2018
The message, from a friend at the Muslim Bar Association of New York, said there'd been a problem with a group in New Jersey that was denied permission to build a mosque, .... Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, Muhammad Ali Jinnah — a founding figure of Pakistan, and Pakistani politician Imran Khan.
Geo News, Pakistan
March 12, 2018
Haq was also elected president of Rawalpindi Bar Association in 1977 and was elected vice president of the High Court Bar in 1981. He also served on the panel of experts for the Pakistan Law Commission. During the Zia regime, Haq served the government as the minister for information and broadcastingÃâà...
UrduPoint News
March 11, 2018
Hyderabad District Bar Association Elections Held, Results To Be Declared At Karachi. Rukhshan Mir ... HYDERABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Mar, 2018 ):The elections of Hyderabad District Bar Association (HDBA) were held here on Saturday in the premises of District and Session Court.
New York Times
February 28, 2018
“The aim of my struggle is clean air, clean water, pure milk,” he told lawyers last week during an impromptu stop by the cafeteria of the bar association in ... Nisar has said one reason Pakistan isn't a superpower is that Pakistani gardeners take way more smoking breaks than their Chinese counterparts.
DAWN.com
February 22, 2018
ISLAMABAD: A day after handing down a judgement barring ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif from heading the Pakistan Muslim League-N, Chief Justice ... Though CJP Nisar was not formally invited by the bar association, he said the IHCBA president had in the past twice invited him and he planned toÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
February 19, 2018
After the firing incident, Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Yawar Ali summoned a security meeting, seeking a report from IG Punjab and CCPO Lahore on the incident. The vice chairperson of Punjab Bar Council, representatives of Pakistan Bar Council and presidents of LHC Bar Association andÃâà...
Voice of America
February 15, 2018
Talking to Voice of America's Urdu service, Kamran Murtaza, former president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association, said that no other Pakistani ambassador has been the focus of an arrest warrant. Haqqani resigned in 2011. He later came to Pakistan and appeared before a Pakistani court inÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
February 13, 2018
NEW YORK: A book of condolences in honour of the memory of Asma Jahangir, a leading Pakistan lawyer and United Nations human rights rapporteur, ... served as the founding Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, and the first female President of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
Pakistan Today
February 13, 2018
An Anti-Terrorism court in Gilgit has sent the President of Gilgit-Baltistan Supreme Appellate Court Bar Association, Advocate Ehsan Ali, for judicial remand until February 26 for a facebook post he had made. The detention comes after an FIR was registered against the progressive human rights lawyer forÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
February 12, 2018
"For decades, Asma bravely fought for the most disadvantaged people in Pakistan, often at great personal risk. She championed the cause of women, children, bonded laborers, religious minorities, journalists, the disappeared, and so many others," said the group's secretary general, Salil Shetty, adding,Ãâà...
DunyaNews Pakistan
December 31, 1999
The court while adjourning the hearing summoned the presidents of Supreme Court Bar Association and Pakistan Bar Council to appear before it on Tuesday to give their opinions. Nehal hashmi was issued a second contempt of court notice from the Supreme Court and a first information report (FIR) wasÃâà...
The News International (blog)
December 31, 1999
MANSEHRA: Four female lawyers were elected as members of executive body of District Bar Association (DBA) on Saturday. ... which is highly commendable and encouraging for the marginalised segments of society,” Shahjehan Khan Swati, the member of Judicial Commission of Pakistan said.
