Showing posts with label lawyers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lawyers. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Legal fund to assist lawyers and judges

A fund has been set up to assist those lawyers and judges who have been arrested and/or find themselves in dire straits due to their non-compliance with the PCO. Details:

"Legal Relief"
Account number 0606-7900027203 at
Habib Bank Limited
High Court Branch, Karachi

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Lawyers' movement leaders arrested

Lawyers Akhter Hussain and Abdul Hafeez Lakho have been arrested for 90 days and detained in Karachi Central Jail. This is most significant because the two are former presidents of the Sindh High Court Bar Association and have been managing the lawyers' movement after the current president, Abrar Hassan, was arrested.


Thursday, November 08, 2007

NYC lawyers protest in solidarity

Lawyers in NYC protest in solidarity with Pakistani lawyers. See here for the letter written by the NYC Bar Association president.