Lawyers in Islamabad launch boycott over controversial judges transfer

Islamabad Bar Council, High Court Bar, and District Bar Association jointly held a press conference on Sunday to announce a boycott of the High Court and district courts on Sunday.

Islamabad Bar Council chairman Aleem Abbasi said the lawyers community rejected the decision of law ministry to transfer the judges of high courts to the IHC.

He said the purpose of this transfer was to create schism among the lawyers community and this step would be opposed wholeheartedly. He also called upon his lawyers community to support this oppose this move.

He said the lawyers of capital would boycott all judicial proceedings while urging all lawyers across country to stand behind this move.

He also took issue with the February 10 judicial commission session.

According to Riasat Ali Azad, president of the Islamabad High Court Bar Association, the boycott decision was made unanimously. He expressed his disapproval of the most recent transfer and explained the rationale behind the inclusion of an LHC judge in IHC.

Lawyers have a history of standing up for the strength of legal rights, according to District Bar Association President Naeem Ali Gujjar. He lamented the fact that political parties consistently ignored their history and acted against the interests of the legal profession.