ISLAMABAD: A visible divide among lawyers in the federal capital led to only a partial strike on Friday following the removal of Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri. While the Islamabad District Bar Association (DBA) called for a protest, the Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA) chose not to support the strike. […]
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Trojan horses in the legal fraternity
Fali Nariman, the celebrated Indian jurist, says: “If an independent judiciary is the backbone of the rule of law, an independent legal profession is the catalyst that helps achieve it”. Recently, the executive committee of the Punjab Bar Council passed a resolution demanding the removal of Justice Qazi Faez Isa, a judge of the Supreme […]