recent authorisation<\/a> of civilian trials in military courts, a decision they said violated the basic human rights and the Constitution.<\/p>\nSpeaking at a joint press conference on Saturday, Muhammad Afzal Harifal, president of the Balochistan High Court Bar Association; Munir Ahmed Khan Kakar, a member of the Pakistan Bar Council; and Malik Abid Kakar, president of the Quetta Bar Association, stressed that no lawyer would appear in any court as a protest.<\/p>\n
They said the decision in this regard was taken in a joint meeting of the lawyers\u2019 representative bodies on Friday.<\/p>\n
They also decided to initiate a movement against the Supreme Court\u2019s order across the country.<\/p>\n
The meeting also discussed issues such as the arrests of lawyers, political workers, missing persons and the Chaman sit-in, which has continued for the last two months.<\/p>\n
The participants also decided to support the long march of the Baloch Yakjehti (Solidarity) Council.<\/p>\n
The lawyers demanded that judges, generals and bureaucrats ensure their accountability by starting with their own institutions to restore public trust in national institutions.<\/p>\n
The meeting also noted that an all-party conference would be convened after consulting lawyers\u2019 communities nationwide.<\/p>\n
The legal community leaders also hoped the caretaker government would conduct free, fair, transparent general elections on Feb 8.<\/p>\n
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