IHC serves show-cause notices to 17 lawyers

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday served contempt of court notices to 17 lawyers allegedly involved in leading a mob of violent protesters for vandalizing the building of IHC CJ Block on Monday.

According to a press release issued by IHC’s administration, the show cause notices for initiating of contempt of court proceeding had been served to 17 lawyers including Ahsan Majeed Gujjar, Arbab Ayub Gujjar, Faisar Jadoon, Farzana Mughal, Hammad Dar, Naseer Kiyani, Nazia Abbasi, Raja Zahid, Shaista Tabasum, Yasmeen Rashad Sindo, Kulsoom Rafiq, Ka-mran Yousafzai, Hafiz Ma-lik Mazhar Javed, Khalid Mehmood, Raja Amjad, Fa-rrukh and Tasaduq Haneef.

A large number of enraged lawyers on February 8, stormed into the building of IHC’s CJ block and wreak damages to it in a protest against razing of illegal structures by CDA, ICT administration and police during an anti encroachment move. The violent lawyers entered the building and smashed windows and doors of the IHC CJ offices, in a result the chief justice had to remain confined to his chamber for hours.

Meanwhile, The Islama-bad High Court on Tuesday clarified that the IHC and district courts had remained functional and carried out their regular court work, to serve the public.

It had been wrongly reported in some sections of the press that the IHC and district courts had been closed indefinitely by the court administration, said a press release issued here.