Pakistan Bar Council to observe nation-wide strike on July 2 to protest reference against judges

The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Sunday announced to observe a nationwide strike on July 2 to protest against the filing of reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa, and the Sindh High Court`s Justice K K Agha.

The reference against judges over non-disclosure of foreign properties in their wealth statements will be heard by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC).

"Lawyers across the country would hold protest meetings in their barrooms, while lawyers` representatives would assemble at the Supreme Court premises in Islamabad," Express Tribune quoted PBC vice chairman Syed Amjad Shah as saying.

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Meanwhile, Pakistan Law Minister Dr Farogh Nasim has distributed Rs 175 million of taxpayers` money among 133 bar associations to gain their support in the case, reported Pakistan Today. The five-member SJC will sit to hear the references against Isa and Agha.