Pakistani Judges barred from using social media by LHC

Pakistani Judges barred from using social media by LHC

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) has imposed a ban on the use of allsocial media applications by session judges.

District Judiciary Director-General Muhammad Saeedullah has issued thenotification in this regard after getting nod from LHC Chief Justice QasimKhan Suri.

The notification said, “Use of social media applications is against thedignity of judges. Judicial officers use Twitter and social mediaapplications to spread their messages, which is also a violation of theCode of Conduct,”

“Judicial officers who upload messages on social media are later picked upby electronic and print media, without any proof.”