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Islamabad High Court Bar Names PTI Lawyers After Clash, Seeks Terrorism Cases

Bar leaders announced plans for licence cancellations, court entry bans.

Overview

  • IHCBA President Wajid Gilani said PTI-aligned lawyers confronted him inside the court with slogans he described as inciting violence.
  • Gilani named advocates Intizar Panjotha, Naeem Panjotha, and Fatehullah Barki as attackers and alleged Intizar Panjotha carried a pistol.
  • He accused advocates Iman Mazari and Zainab Janjua of raising slogans against the country’s integrity.
  • Secretary Manzoor Ahmed said terrorism cases would be registered and that the bar would ask the Bar Council to cancel the accused lawyers’ licences.
  • The Islamabad Bar Council’s vice chairman said those identified would be barred from the High Court and face immediate licence suspension once a formal request is received, while leaders denied partisan motives and referenced the pending Tariq Jahangiri matter.