ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Bar Council makes new announcement against governmentover issue of extension to COAS General Qamar Bajwa.
The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has announced that lawyers will observe acountrywide strike on Thursday to protest what it called the”unconstitutional moves” of the federal government regarding Army Chief GenQamar Javed Bajwa’s tenure extension and the high treason case againstformer military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
According to a press release issued by the body on Wednesday, lawyers willobserve a full-day strike tomorrow when they will hold protest andcondemnation meetings in their respective bar rooms against the governmentmeasures to grant an extension in service to the incumbent army chief and”rescue” Musharraf from punishment in the high treason case.
The PTI-led government is currently engaged in the Supreme Court where itis defending the procedure under which Prime Minister Imran Khan approvedan extension in the tenure of Gen Bajwa.
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Also, the interior ministry earlier this week petitioned the Islamabad HighCourt to halt a special court from announcing its judgement in the hightreason case against Musharraf. Its plea was accepted by the IHC today.
PBC Vice Chairman Syed Amjad Shah and the chairman of its executivecommittee, Sher Muhammad Khan, strongly condemned the “belated efforts andmaneuverings of the federal government” after yesterday’s order of theSupreme Court in the case pertaining to Gen Bajwa’s extension, according tothe statement.
