PBC expresses concern over loss of lives due to floods.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Thursday expressed grief and sorrow on the loss of precious lives and in terms of public livestock, dwellings, property and infrastructure in the aftermath of the devastating torrential rains causing flash floods hitting /affecting almost every nook and corner of the country.

The 237th meeting of PBC was held here with its vice chairman Hafeez-ur-Rehman Chaudhry in the chair.

Beside routine business of the council, the vice chairman, chairman, executive committee and members of the Pakistan Bar Council stated that the lawyers, especially belonging to Sindh and Balochistan had also been affected badly.

The Pakistan Bar Council has demanded from all the stakeholders of the federal and provincial governing machinery to focus on expeditious relief work. The council further demanded the federal government to remit Grant-in-aid to this Council for disbursement to affected Advocates throughout country.

The Council has also asked the legal fraternity particularly...