KARACHI: Following the Sindh Bar Council’s (SBC) call, the legal fraternity boycotted judicial proceedings across the province on Monday in protest against the 27th Amendment and the alleged attack on lawyers by “private persons” during a lawyers’ convention in Sukkur on Nov 15.
In its statement, the SBC condemned the “establishment and functioning of the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) formed under the disputed 27th Constitutional Amendment, as it undermines the authority of the Supreme Court and weakens the constitutional structure.”
The statutory regulatory body of lawyers in Sindh also condemned the “violent attack” on the lawyers’ convention held in Sukkur by five alleged individuals.
The council had announced a complete strike or boycott of judicial proceedings across Sindh for Tuesday (today) over the disputed amendments and the functioning of the FCC.
However, it stated that “only urgent bail applications or extremely urgent matters shall proceed.”
Following the SBC’s announcement, the Karachi Bar Association (KBA) also observed a full-day strike on Monday, during which litigants were not allowed to enter the City Courts premises and proceedings were adjourned due to the boycott.
The KBA has stated that from Nov 18 to 22, “token strikes will be observed from 11am onwards”.
In Hyderabad, lawyers boycotted court proceedings in civil, district and high courts on Monday in response to the SBC call.
A protest demonstration was also staged by a group of lawyers led by High Court Bar Association (HCBA) general secretary Israr Chang, former HDBA general secretary Faisal Mughal and others.
They sought an apology from Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in the wake of attack on lawyers’ convention in Sukkur.
They condemned registration of an FIR against Israr Chang for violation of Section 144 of the criminal procedure code by the Cantonment police after he participated in the Awami Tahreek’s march in the city.
They said that lawyers have started their struggle against unconstitutional amendments in the constitution and they would take it to logical end.
Published in Dawn, November 18th, 2025
