Publication Type
Magazine Article
Publication Date
2-2008
Abstract
On 13 January, the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) voted to end the continuous boycott of judges who swore oath's under the country's Provisional Constitution Order and to instead substitute "a complete boycott of the superior judiciary every Thursday and a one-hour token strike on a daily basis." Predictably, the decision created a furor: for many, it was a sell-out. Both the Lawyers National Action Committee (LNAC) and the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) quickly denounced the decision as "contradictory" and "against the spirit of the lawyers' sacrifices." The provincial bar councils, the high court bar associations and the district bar associations echoed similar sentiments: they insisted on pursuing the strategy of continuous boycott.
Discipline
Asian Studies | Public Law and Legal Theory
Research Areas
Law, Society and Governance
Publication
JURIST: University of Pittsburg School of Law Online Journal
Publisher
University of Pittsburg School of Law
Citation
DAM, Shubhankar.
Pakistan Lawyers' Movement: A Losing Cause?. (2008). JURIST: University of Pittsburg School of Law Online Journal. Research Collection School Of Law.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1
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Additional URL
http://jurist.org/forum/2008/02/pakistan-lawyers-movement-lost-cause.php