PESHAWAR
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council on Monday announced protest not to appear in the courts on March 1, in order that since 2017 no elevation from Peshawar High Court is made despite number of seats are vacant in the August Supreme Court of Pakistan.
According to a press release issued here that the vacant seats should be filled through elevation from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar High Court due to the reasons that Pakistan is a federation and Supreme Court of Pakistan being the Apex constitutional court of the federation must have proper representation of all the federating units.
In case any constitutional and legal issue arises between the center and the ederating units or among the different federating units then proper representation of people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is necessary in the Supreme Court of Pakistan to resolve that issue.
Regarding the issue of elevation, even the pending petition of Late Chief Justice Waqar Ahmed Seth was not decided by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Therefore, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council demanded early meeting of Judicial commission of Pakistan under article 175 A of the constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973 to resolve this important constitutional issue to minimize sense of deprivation in the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and to record our protest the lawyers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa not appear in courts on Wednesday throughout the province.
In this regard very soon all Pakistan Lawyer’s Representatives convention will also be called in Peshawar.
