Karachi Lawyers News

By   Jamal Khurshid Supreme Court senior judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa Saturday said fundamental rights of citizens could only be protected if judiciary remains independent and judicial system disassociates itself from the administration. Addressing the annual dinner of Karachi Bar Association at city courts, he said superior courts had also been entrusted responsibilities to protect fundamental rights of citizens. He said the preamble of Constitution of Pakistan clearly mentions that sovereignty over the entire universe belongs to Almighty Allah alone and the state shall exercise its powers and authority through the chosen representatives of people. He said judges should only be fearful of Almighty Allah, the Constitution and the law and nothing else. Justice Isa said judges and lawyers only strive for access to truth and if they achieve their task, they remain satisfied. He said “we as a nation can be a satisfied nation only when we adhere to the rule of law and Constitution and ensure

The Karachi Bar Association (KBA) on Thursday suspended the membership of the adviser to the Sindh chief minister on law and environment, Barrister Murtaza Wahab, for three months after its meeting was marred by unruly behaviour of pro-government lawyers. The KBA had organised a general body meeting in the City Courts to discuss the lack of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus from the lower courts in the city. However, a group of lawyers, allegedly belonging to the Peoples Lawyers Forum, the legal wing of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), turned up to end the meeting. KBA General Secretary GM Korai alleged that lawyers paid by the Sindh government attacked the meeting on the direction of Wahab. He commented that the PPP government had sent goons to stop the meeting and it was a situation worse than the era of former president General Pervez Musharraf. Korai said instead of resolving the issues raised by the KBA, the government was trying to silence them through violence. He a