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Tuesday, October 05, 2010
SC forms committee to probe lawyers-police clash
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday constituted a three-member committee to probe the clashes between lawyers and police in Lahore on Friday and submit a report on October 8. A three-member Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing a suo motu notice taken on Saturday by the CJP against clashes between police and lawyers at the Aiwan-e-Adl on October 2. The committee comprises Justice (r) Mian Allah Nawaz, Pakistan Bar Council Vice Chairman Kazim Khan and former Supreme Court Bar Association president Ali Ahmad Kurd. The court asked the committee to seek assistance from senior lawyers, if required. It directed judicial officers of Punjab’s subordinate judiciary, who resigned in protest against the lawyers’ attitude towards the judiciary, to immediately withdraw their resignations and continue working. It observed that such tactics were not professional. Justice Ramday observed that it seemed police was hatching a conspiracy against the judiciary. masood rehman
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