Saturday, October 2, 2010

Punjab Bar bans Justice Sharif, Qazi Anwar, Aitezaz

LAHORE: Punjab Bar Council banned Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice, Justice Khawja Sharif, his two lawyer sons, son-in-law and Punjab law minister and 11 other senior lawyers hailing from Hamid Khan’s group to enter the bar rooms, Geo News reported Saturday.

The Bar banned them to enter the bar rooms and cancelled their licenses.

The lawyers whose licenses were cancelled include Lawyers’ leader Hamid Khan, Chaudhry Aitezaz Ahsan, Former President High Court Bar Justice (rtd) Nasira Javed, President Supreme Court Bar Qazi Anwar and Justice (rtd) Tariq Mehmood and Athar Minallah.

Punjab Bar Council also banned the bar rooms entry for Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, Lahore High Court (LHC) chief Justice, Justice Khawja Muhammed Sharif, his two sons—Khawja Bilal and Khawja Lateef and his son-in-law Azhar Hameed and cancelled their licenses.