Overview

• The bar president said a group of lawyers confronted him inside the court, chanting slogans he described as hostile to state institutions and inciting violence.
• IHCBA President Wajid Gilani named Intizar Panjotha, Naeem Panjotha and Fatehullah Barki as attackers and alleged one was armed with a pistol while he was called a traitor.
• Advocates Iman Mazari and Zainab Janjua were accused of raising slogans against the country’s integrity during the incident.
• Secretary Manzoor Ahmed announced plans to seek terrorism cases and to apply for cancellation of the accused lawyers’ licenses.
• The Islamabad Bar Council’s vice chairman said those named would be barred from the high court and have licenses suspended upon a formal request, with leaders also warning against exploiting the unresolved Justice Tariq Jahangiri degree dispute.