Pakistan Bar Council restores former IHC choose Shaukat Siddiqui’s license

In an announcement, the PBC acknowledged that its committee on enrollment consisting of Syed Qalb Hassan Shah and Azam Nazeer Tarar met on November 24 in Islamabad beneath the chairmanship of Supreme Court docket choose Qazi Faez Isa, following a petition filed by the previous choose to be allowed to follow as a lawyer.

In line with the PBC, the committee thought-about the relevant guidelines, together with Guidelines 106, 107, 108 and 108-0 of the Pakistan Authorized Practitioners and Bar Councils Guidelines, 1976, to establish if any disqualification to have the applicant’s license restored is attracted.

Article 18 of the Structure of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan additionally ensures that each citizen shall have the correct to enter any lawful career or occupation, it stated, and added that the committee was glad to revive the license with an instantaneous impact.

Siddiqui was faraway from his submit as per suggestions of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) beneath Article 209 of the Structure for conduct unbecoming of a choose throughout a speech delivered on the District Bar Asso­ciation, Rawalpindi, on July 21, 2018.

He’ll now be capable of follow as a lawyer.