PLF sees conspiracy against lawyers’ unity

The Baloch Hal News

QUETTA: General Secretary Peoples Lawyers Forum Balochistan chapter, Tahir A Khan Advocate said on Wednesday hidden hands were involved in hatching conspiracy to damage democracy and divide lawyers’ community.

In an interview with APP here, he alleged that lawyers’ movement for reinstatement of deposed judiciary, was now being put on wrong track after restoration of the deposed judges.

He recalled that a number of lawyers hailing from the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Peoples Lawyers Forum paid numerous sacrifices during lawyers’ movement for an independent and free judiciary.

Under the Judicial Policy, Khan said the courts had been instructed to dispose of under trial cases timely and without unnecessary delay. Whereas he added the courts were facing hardships to fulfil their job under various reasons.

The courts are required to take up the cases which had been pending for the last 14 years or above. For instance some cases including those of former Air Marshal Asghar Khan, Mehran Bank Scandal and many others had been pending for several years. The courts should pay special attention to cases relating to writing off loans by the previous government,he added.

The PLF leader stressed that the lawyers should desist from raising issues which might disrupt democratic setup and benefit anti-democracy elements.

Khan said the PLF could not endorse the lawyers strike-call because decision to this effect was taken without the support of its prominant leaders like Justice (retd) Tariq, former presidents of SCBA Aitizaz Ahsan, and Ali Ahmed Kurd.

He appreciated the federal government’s decision to fully implement the SC’s verdict.

He hoped the lawyers would realize the gravity of situation and avoid accusing each others. He regretted that certain elements are bent upon in dividing the lawyers community. The division among the community must be avoided, he asserted.