ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has recommended the confirmation of 10 additional judges of the Sindh High Court (SHC), while extending the tenure of two others for six months. The decision was made during the second day of the commission’s meeting at the Supreme Court, presided over by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi. Read […]
Pakistan Bar Council
59 candidates file nominations for Pakistan Bar Council elections
LAHORE: A total of 59 candidates filed their nomination papers on Thursday for the upcoming election of 23 members of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), the top regulatory body for lawyers in the country. Prominent among them were Federal Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja, former SCBA president Ahsan Bhoon, […]
Pakistan Bar Council calls for strike
The apex regulatory body of lawyers, Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), on Wednesday, urged the legal fraternity to observe a full-day strike on March 28 to protest the recently-introduced policy, under which session judges are to avoid considering an application seeking directive to register criminal case in police station if the applicant failed to avail police […]