Islamabad , Nov 27: The Lahore High Court Bar
Association has cancelled the membership of Pakistan Attorney
General Malik Qayyum and dared him to come and sit in the bar.
Holding Qayyum responsible for amending the legal
practitioners and Bar councils act to allow the Supreme Court
to take action against lawyers, the association passed a
unanimous resolution banning him from the bar.
The move was put before the Bar Association by its
President Ahsan Bhoon and passed unanimously, 'The Nation'
newspaper reported on Tuesday.
The general house meeting of the Lahore Bar Association
also banned Qayyum's entry to the Bar premises.
"I want to make it clear that the Lahore Bar Council is
an autonomous body and could not be made to bow (before
anyone). If Qayyum thinks he has taken away powers from the
Bars to revoke licenses or cancel memberships, I dare him to
come and sit in the Bar now," Bhoon said.
The Bar Association also passed a resolution that said
the Bar would cancel the membership of lawyers who appeared in
the courts of judges who have taken oath under Emergency
regulations.
The meeting demanded the immediate release of leading
lawyers Aitzaz Ahsan, Ali Ahmad Kurd, former judge Tariq
Mehmood and other members of the legal fraternity detained
under emergency rules. A resolution against the entry of
police in the Bar's premises was also passed unanimously.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, November 27, 2007, 00:00