Pak: Roads shut near Karachi Press Club over lawyers’ sentencing

Several roads leading to the Karachi Press Club (KPC) remained closed for hours as lawyers, rights defenders and...

Pakistan: Lawyers reject “defaced” constitutional amendments

A lawyers' convention in Lahore rejected proposed constitutional amendments, condemned a military press conference,...

Lawyers warn of Pakistan slipping into authoritarian rule

Pakistan's legal fraternity sounded an alarming warning, declaring that the nation "stands in its darkest hour" amid...

Lawyers hail Pakistan judges who quit over 27th Amendment

Lawyers and citizens praised three Pakistani judges who resigned after the 27th Constitutional Amendment, calling it...

Pakistan: HRCP pushes for a justice-oriented legal system

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) hosted a conference titled "Decolonising the Law: Human Rights and...

Pakistan: Lawyers' boycott over canals project paralyses...

Judicial activities across the subordinate courts in Sindh came to a standstill, as lawyers staged a province-wide...

Lawyers' canal protests enter third day

A sit-in by lawyers at Babarloi Bypass in Khairpur has entered its third day, with a shutter-down strike being...

Pak: Lawyers stage protest over construction of illegal canals

The lawyers demanded the immediate withdrawal of the canal project, stressing its potential to worsen water scarcity...

Pak: PoGB lawyers extend court boycott until March 13 over unmet

A joint meeting of the PoGB Bar Council, PoGB High Court Bar Association, and district bar associations, led by the...

Pakistan: Lawyers' committee demands SC hearing on 26th amendment

The All Pakistan Lawyers Action Committee (APLAC) has reaffirmed its call for a full hearing by the Supreme Court...

Karachi lawyers boycott courts in protest

This action was prompted by an attack on lawyers who were protesting police inaction following the torture of one...

Pakistan: Lawyers protest against police force

Lawyers protested over the non-registration of the case by Pakistan's Mehmoodabad police along Karachi streets...