GILGIT:Lawyers from Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) on Friday announced a boycott of the G-B Services Tribunal, terming the appointment of its members illegal.
HunzaNews March , 3rd, 2014.
G-B Supreme Court Bar Association President Shahbaz Khan told The Express Tribune all lawyer bodies in G-B, including Young Lawyers Forum, G-B Supreme Appellate Court Bar Association and High Court Bar Association, took the decision jointly as they believe the appointments deprive lawyers of their rights.
Khan further said the actual law enacted by assembly clearly mentioned that a high court judge or a senior lawyer could be appointed the chairman of the tribunal, but the provision was removed from the ordinance under which the current members were appointed.
According to Khan, they will also hold a sit-in for three hours daily outside all lower and superior courts in the region as a token strike.
The services tribunal law had been passed by the G-B Assembly two years ago, however, Governor Pir Karam Ali signed it on February 21, establishing the region’s first ever services tribunal.
Express Tribune
