SCBA rejects bill seeking ban on lawyers involved in violence.

ISLAMABAD -- Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Saturday rejected an amendment in the bill that sought imposing bans and cancelling the licenses of the lawyers involved in violence or in any other adversarial activity which is unacceptable for the legal fraternity as the same is based on ill-will and malice.

The said bill was tabled in National Assembly by the federal government for making the amendments through the introduction of sub-section 6 in Section 41 of the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils (Amendment) Act, 2019.

'It is hereby clarified for all concerned that proper accountability system for lawyers is already in place and practised Pakistan Bar Council the apex regulatory body of lawyers in Pakistan alongside several tribunals who are fully empowered to take disciplinary actions against lawyers if so required,' SCBA said in a statement.

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