Leaders of the Lawyers Action Committee, who have reached Islamabad from Karachi and other parts of the country to register their protest against the passage of the 26th Constitutional Amendment as well as the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s (JCP) meeting, have held a demonstration outside a private hotel, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Monday.
Advocate Munir Malik terms amendment ‘assault on judiciary, state’; Advocate Ali Ahmad Kurd says lawyers want JCP meeting to be postponedLeaders of the Lawyers Action Committee, who have reached Islamabad from Karachi and other parts of the country to register their protest against the passage of the 26th Constitutional Amendment as well as the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s meeting, have held a demonstration outside a private hotel, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Monday.
Speaking to the protestors, senior lawyer Munir A. Malik, while reminding the government that lawyers had held protests in the past too, has described the passage of the 26th amendment as ‘an assault on the judiciary and the state’. He lamented that nearly all routes in the federal capital had been sealed in order to prevent lawyers from protesting. “Through this protest, we want to convey to the JCP that we are not at all pleased with its meeting.”
Speaking on the occasion, another senior lawyer Ali Ahmad Kurd said that he would continue to stand by the lawyers on the issue. “Being in power does not make people great. Those who passed the amendment at 2:00 in the night should be ashamed of themselves. We don’t accept the amendment,” he said, adding, “And we want the judicial commission meeting to be postponed.
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