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Archive |2020-12-25 07:01:38
High Court Bar Association members oppose invitation to Maryam Nawaz to address bar

LARKANA: A group of lawyers led by vice president of High Court Bar Association have opposed inviting PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz to address the bar during her scheduled visit to Garhi Khuda Bux Bhutto on Dec 27 and urged Sindh High Court registrar to cancel the invitation “to avoid complications”...
HCBA vice president Mazhar Ali Mangan and senior advocate Qadir Bakhsh Bhatti said at a press conference at local press club on...
Pakistan |2018-10-31 22:15:02
Kanrani defeats Kurd to become president of Supreme Court Bar Association

Amanullah Kanrani was elected to the highly coveted post of president, Supreme Court Bar Association (SBCA) on Wednesday after a tough contest between the Independent Group (Asma Jahangir’s panel) led by Ali Ahmed Kurd, and the Professional Group (Hamid Khan’s panel) led by Kanrani...
The former had won the election and served as SCBA president in 2008 whereas the latter lost the election against Kamran Murtaza in 2013...
Archive |2018-10-15 20:20:02
Karachi Bar Association to boycott court proceedings on Tuesday to protest IHC judge's removal

The Karachi Bar Association (KBA) has announced to boycott the legal proceedings in the city courts on Tuesday to record protest against the removal of Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui on the recommendation of Supreme Judicial Council (SJC)...
KBA president Syed Haider Imam Rizvi said the decision to boycott the legal proceedings was unanimously taken at a meeting of bar association’s managing committee held on...
Archive |2019-12-12 18:45:02
IHC issues show-cause notice to bar association secretary for 'misconduct and contempt'

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to IHC Bar Association Secretary Muhammad Umair Baloch for "professional misconduct and contempt"...
Baloch was reported to have been forcing lawyers from appearing before judges as the high court's bar association was observing a strike against alleged offences against the legal fraternity in Lahore a day earlier...
Archive |2019-12-14 15:25:03
IHC Bar Association suspends 60 lawyers' membership for avoiding strike call

The membership of 60 Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA) members was suspended for not responding to a strike call by the Pakistan Bar Council and the Islamabad Bar Council, it emerged on Saturday...
A letter written by the joint secretary of the IHCBA, Advocate Waqar Ahmed Gondal, to the IBC vice chairman Haroon Rashid stated: "Despite strike notice issued by the Pakistan Bar Council as well as Islamabad Bar Council, the...
Archive |2019-12-22 15:35:01
Karachi Bar Association 'shocked' over govt's defence of Musharraf

The Karachi Bar Association (KBA) has lashed out at the government for "defending and protecting a convicted criminal", following the Centre's decision to appeal a special court's verdict in the treason case against former army chief retired Gen Pervez Musharraf...
Following the release of the detailed verdict, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government had termed the trial "unfair" and decided to defend the self-exiled, ailing...
Archive |2020-01-30 08:15:19
Supreme Court Bar Association seeks changes in accountability law to curb misuse of power

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Wednesday emphasised the need for legislative changes in the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) as well as improved training modules of NAB officials to curb misuse of power by the anti-graft watchdog...
“The dignity and credibility of an institution which is responsible for accountability in the country should be up to the mark and must meet the highest standards set...
Business |2021-09-29 09:55:00
Karachi Tax Bar Association seeks extension in income tax returns deadline till Dec 31

ISLAMABAD: The Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) on Tuesday appealed to Prime Minister Imran Khan for an extension in the last date for filing of income tax returns for a period of three months, that is, until Dec 31...
“90 days’ time should only start when a flawless and error-free return of income in line with the provisions of the ordinance is uploaded on Iris portal, which per se is yet to be notified,” the association said... ...
Archive |2021-11-06 07:45:00
Supreme Court Bar Association to challenge NAB law amendment

ISLAMABAD: Newly elected president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Mohammad Ahsan Bhoon on Friday questioned the recent amendment to the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) as well as the procedure for appointment of superior court judges...
The resolution suggested improving the procedure by inserting a fresh provision after a thorough consultation with the bar representatives aimed at appointing “proficient...
Archive |2022-10-28 09:15:07
Imran gives Lahore Bar Association Rs50m from govt grant

LAHORE: A day before his long march commencing from Lahore, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday visited the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) and handed over a cheque of Rs50 million to its president as a grant from the Punjab government...
An office-bearer of the bar claimed that the visit of Khan was a low-profile event due to security reasons...
Archive |2021-05-12 10:45:00
Omar Saeed, Farhan Essa elected Karachi Softball Association patron, president

KARACHI: Renowned sports patrons Omar Saeed and Dr Farhan Essa were elected as patron and president of Karachi Softball Association, respectively in the recently held elections for the next four-year term...
All the other office-bearers including Murad Hussain (senior vice-president), Ali Ratada and Mohammad Abbas Merchant, (vice-presidents), Faraz Aijaz (general secretary), Shiraz Asif (joint secretary), Usama bin Shujah (secretary...
Pakistan |2015-05-25 13:32:02
Bar president, lawyer killed in clash between lawyers and police in Sialkot

SIALKOT: Protests erupted in several cities across Punjab after two lawyers — including Daska Bar Association President Rana Khalid Abbas — were killed and two others wounded on Monday during a clash between protesting lawyers and police in Daska tehsil of Sialkot district in Punjab...
Several lawyers also resorted to attacks on police personnel and mobile vans, according to TV reports...
Pakistan |2018-07-23 18:25:02
Rawalpindi district bar distances itself from Justice Siddiqui's allegations

The District Bar Association of Rawalpindi on Monday distanced itself from Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui's speech in which he accused a security agency of meddling in judicial affairs...
While addressing the Rawalpindi bar on Saturday, the IHC judge had claimed that personnel of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) were manipulating judicial proceedings...
Archive |2021-06-23 16:35:00
Violence erupts as Bannu police bar Janikhel tribesmen from marching towards Islamabad

A violent clash erupted between the tribesmen of Janikhel tribe and police in Bannu district on Wednesday as the former started their march towards Islamabad to protest the police’s failure to arrest the killers of a local elder, who was gunned down by unidentified assailants in the area three weeks ago...
He was shot dead by gunmen in the area three weeks ago and protesters today decided to march towards Islamabad for what they...
World |2016-12-07 11:06:22
China calls on US to bar transit of Taiwan president

China has urged Washington to block the president of Taiwan from passing through the US, after reports saying she may stop in New York next month on her way to Central America...
Taiwan's Liberty Times reported that President Tsai Ing-wen may seek to meet with key members of Donald Trump's team while in New York on her way to Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador, though her office could not confirm the trip to AFP...