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Experienced

judge for LHC

Multan branch

shortly: CJ

RECORDER REPORT

MULTAN: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Mian Allah Nawaz Khan has assured that list of defence lawyers would be issued on next Tuesday or Wednesday and law officers, additional and assistant advocate generals would be taken from their respective areas to end sense of deprivation among the lawyers.

Delivering the speech at annual dinner of High Court Bar Association, Multan chaired by its president Mian Abbas Ahmed on Thursday the Chief Justice assured that southern Punjab would not be neglected when new judges would be selected for High Court.

He said that it is not correct to say that Bar and judiciary are two wheels of a carriage while the fact is that we had neglected the litigants who plays main role in judicial system.

The LHC Chief Justice said that subservient Bar is more dangerous than corrupt judiciary and added that judges must follow the Hazrat Omar (RA) and Hazrat Moosa ibn-e-Ashari and they should not serve in imperious, regal manners and they should be humble.

He said the concept of senior or junior judge was not correct. All the judges are equal, however, an experienced judge would be given to Multan bench in a couple of week.

Responding to the reference presented by Bar Chief Abbas Ahmed, the Chief Justice said that Bar body is free to make demands but there should not be bitterencess in its voice.

He said rich tributes to Sahibzada Nusrat Ali Khan, Malik Faiz Rasul, Akhlaq Hassan, Abdul Latif Amritsari for their devotion for the cause of supremacy of rule of law.

The Chief Justice assured that paper books of murder case references would be prepared here in future.

He announced to donate a PLD set for the library of High Court. He also said the title of Bar complex, Multan would be transferred to High Court so that its maintenance could be done from the funds of High Court.