Lawyers in KP to stay away from courts

PESHAWAR: Condemning the terrorist attack on the house of senior lawyer Abdul Latif Afridi, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council has announced complete boycott of courts across the province from today.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council gave the strike call on the demand of Peshawar High Court Bar Association (PHCBA). It said the lawyers would stay away from the courts in protest against the attack on the house of the former PHCBA president Abdul Latif Afridi.
He is also former head of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter president of Malgari Wakeelan, Awami National Party, affiliated lawyers’ forum.However, the lawyers in the provincial metropolis observed strike from 11am on Tuesday after the matter was brought into the notice of the PHC Bar Association.
The PHCBA in its general body meeting condemned placing of a five kilogram bomb near the house of Abdul Latif Afridi in Hayatabad. The senior lawyer was entering his house when the explosives partly went off. However, he escaped unhurt.
The lawyers’ body through a resolution asked the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led provincial government to constitute a Joint Investigation Team to probe the failed attempt on the life of the senior lawyer and make public the inquiry report within a week.