ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) the parent organisation that regulates affairs of the legal fraternity has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking a direction declaring that Law Minister Farogh Naseem cannot stay a member of the council.
The respondent No 1 [the minister] ceases to be a member of the PBC after becoming a federal minister due to the provisions of Section 11C of the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act 1973 as well as Rules 108-O, argues a petition moved by Kamran Murtaza in his capacity as vice-chairman of the PBC.
Section 11C of the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act 1973 deals with the cessation of membership of the PBC, stating that a member of the council will cease to be honoured as such if he …
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