LAHORE: Lawyers of Lahore boycotted the courts and marched from “Aiwan-e-Adal” to Punjab Assembly to press for restoration of judiciary.
According to details, the rally was headed by Anwar Kammal the President High Court Bar, Secretary Rana Asad Ullah Khan, President Lahore Bar Manzoor Khawar, Secretary Latif Sara, President PML (N) Lahore MNA Mian Marghub Ahmed, Provincial General Secretary and Provincial Minister Excise and Taxation Mian Mujtaba Shuja Urehman, Iqbal Jaffery of Jamat-e-Islami, Head of JUP (Naffad-e-Shariyat) Engineer Saleem Ullah Khan, Hameed Udeen Mashriqi the head of Khaksar Tehrik, Justice (R) Nasirah Javed Iqbal, Bashir Sial of PTI and Mohammed Khan of Pakhtoon Khawah Mili Party.
The participants chanted slogans and staged a sit in. The speakers said that lawyers have announced a deadline of 14th August and if the deposed judges would not be restored till that then a civil disobedience movement would be started.
They said in such a case the movement would continue till the reinstatement of the deposed judges.—Agencies