Shehbaz, Tarar felicitate newly elected SCBA office-bearers
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday felicitated newly elected President of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Mian Rauf Atta and Ahsan Bhoon, a leader of Independent Group on winning the election.
The prime minister congratulated all the leaders of the group for winning the SCBA elections, PM Office Media Wing said in a press release.
He also expressed the confidence that the newly elected office bearers, including the president, would continue their mission of welfare of the lawyers’ community.
The lawyers’ community would continue playing its positive role for the implementation of 26th Constitutional Amendment, Constitution and the supremacy of parliament, he added.
The prime minister said that the lawyers’ community deserved appreciation for their election of Rauf Atta as their best leadership.
He hoped that the newly elected office bearers and the lawyers’ community would play their positive and effective role for the resolution of issues faced by the community and others including the legal and judicial.
Meanwhile, Minister for Information, Broadcasting, National Heritage and Culture Attaullah Tarar felicitated Asma Jahangir Group’s candidate Mian Rauf Atta on getting elected as the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
The minister, in a news statement, also congratulated Head of the Asma Jahangir’s Group Ahsan Bhoon for the achievement.
The best person has been elected as the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, the minister remarked. Lawyers are the defender of democracy, human rights and the constitution, he said, adding the fraternity had a crucial law in upholding the rule of law, supremacy of the constitution and democratic norms.
He said the lawyers always acted as a bridge between the Bar and the Bench. Tarar hoped that the newly elected President and other officials would continue to play their positive role for the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law.
The winning panel would also play an effective role in solving the problems of the lawyers’ community.