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Punjab Bar Announces Boycott Of Court Proceedings Today

LAHORE: Punjab Bar Council has announced that it will boycott court proceedings today (Friday) against an Anti-Terrorism Court’s verdict of sentencing a lawyer to 18.5 years in prison for attacking a judge.

Lawyer Imran Manj was sentenced to 18.5 years and fined Rs250,000 for throwing chairs and injuring senior civil Judge Khalid Mehmood Waraich during the hearing of a case.

Soon after the judgement was announced, Punjab Bar Council had given the call of strike.

The protesting lawyers are demanding to cancel the sentences of their accomplice.

However, Lahore High Court (LHC) has defied to abide by Punjab Bar’s call.

According to LHC President, the court decided not to go on strike considering the troubles public will suffer.