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We stand by Pakistan lawyers: Bar association

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Bar Association has deplored the action of placing judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan under house arrest, and the arrest and beating up of lawyers in Lahore and other places.

Emphasising that members of the Bar had the right as well as duty to protest denial of the rule of law, an independent judiciary and freedom of expression, the association said it stood by the judges and lawyers of Pakistan in their hour of crisis.

Asking the Pakistan government to stop interfering with the judiciary and the legal profession, the association urged it to remedy the situation and oversee a quick return to normality.

In a statement here, association president P.H. Parekh said, “Our sympathies are with our brothers and sisters of Pakistan, who are facing persecution.”

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