"That all the Bar Associations across the Country, on coming Thursday, i.e. (14.09.2023) shall observe countrywide strike and will demonstrate peaceful protests in their respective Bar Associations in shape of rallies and marches to defend and uphold the constitution, rule of law and human rights," he said in a statement.
According to a statement issued by the PBC, the convention considered the matters of prevailing and current constitutional crisis in the country, raids on houses of lawyers and registration of FIRs against them, holding of general elections, price hikes including exorbitant increases in electricity bills as well as petrol prices.
"The general elections are required to be held within 90 days of the dissolution of the assemblies and the Election Commission of Pakistan and all other institutions are required to act in aid of the ECP... Every institution in Pakistan is under the Constitution and cannot make even the slightest deviation from it," the statement added.
The convention laid emphasis on the importance of civilian supremacy, adherence to the constitution, the rule of law and the independence and integrity of the constitutional institutions as the fundamental pillars of democracy.
Arguing that no caretaker government could go beyond 90 days and become unconstitutional and illegal after that, the convention lamented that the caretaker governments in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had already become unconstitutional and were liable to be removed.
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