Pakistan Bar Council
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Pakistan Bar Council was established by the Parliament in 1973 under the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act. It is the highest elected body of lawyers. it has twenty members elected throughout the country representing each province. The Members of the Pakistan Bar Council are elected on the basis of a single transferable vote by the members of the Provincial Bar Councils. i.e, Punjab Bar Council
, Sindh Bar Council, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Bar Council and Balochistan Bar Council
The Attorney General for Pakistan
acts as ex officio Chairman of Pakistan Bar Council.
Punjab Bar Council
The Punjab Bar Council is a supreme statutory & Deliberative assembly of lawyers in Punjab for safeguarding the rights, interests and privileges of practicing lawyers, regulating their conduct and helping in the administration of justice and it is also 1st biggest Bar Council of Pakistan...
, Sindh Bar Council, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Bar Council and Balochistan Bar Council
Composition
The Pakistan Bar Council consists of Chairman Executive Committee, Vice Chairman and Members of Pakistan Bar Council elected by the Members of Provincial Bar Councils. Members serve a term of five years.The Attorney General for Pakistan
Attorney General of Pakistan
The Attorney General for Pakistan is appointed under Article 100 of the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan appointed under the Central Law Officers Ordinance, 1970...
acts as ex officio Chairman of Pakistan Bar Council.
Electoral Officers
- Chairman Executive: The Chairman of the Executive Committe is Chief Executive of Bar Council and is elected by the members of the Council in each year. Chairman Executive Committee has full authority to decide matters of Bar Council in every aspect.
- Vice Chairman: Vice Chairman is presiding officerPresiding OfficerIn a general sense, presiding officer is synonymous with chairman.* The presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives is the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives...
of Bar Council and is Elected by the members of the Council in January each year. Vice Chairman is ex officio Member of each Committee of Bar Council. - Members of Pakistan Bar Council are Elected after 4 years for a duration of 5 years by Elected Representatives of Lawyers of in Provincial Bar Councils.
Permanent Officer
- SecretarySecretaryA secretary, or administrative assistant, is a person whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, communication & organizational skills. These functions may be entirely carried out to assist one other employee or may be for the benefit...
: A full-time employee, responsible to perform duties enshrined under the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973. Subject to the provisions of the act and the rules the secretary shall, under the supervisory control of the Executive CommitteeExecutive CommitteeExecutive Committee may refer to:* The Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland, a government body in the United Kingdom 1921–1972* The Northern Ireland Executive, a government body in the United Kingdom...
Function
- Only those advocates recognized by the Bar Council may represent clients in the all Branches of Supreme Court of PakistanSupreme Court of PakistanThe Supreme Court is the apex court in Pakistan's judicial hierarchy, the final arbiter of legal and constitutional disputes. The Supreme Court has a permanent seat in Islamabad. It has number of Branch Registries where cases are heard. It has a number of de jure powers which are outlined in the...
Current Elect-orals and Officer
- Chairman Executive : Asrar-ul-Haq MianAsrar-ul-Haq MianAsrar-ul-Haq Mian a lawyer who is elected as Chairman Executive of Pakistan Bar Council. He was Previously Elected as Member Pakistan Bar Council.-References:...
- Vice Chairman: Latif AfridiLatif AfridiAbdul Latif Afridi is a lawyer, currently vice Chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council and the former president of the Pakistan Peshawar High Court Bar Association...
- Secretary :
See also
- Punjab Bar CouncilPunjab Bar CouncilThe Punjab Bar Council is a supreme statutory & Deliberative assembly of lawyers in Punjab for safeguarding the rights, interests and privileges of practicing lawyers, regulating their conduct and helping in the administration of justice and it is also 1st biggest Bar Council of Pakistan...
- Chairman Executive, Punjab Bar CouncilChairman Executive, Punjab Bar CouncilChairman Executive Committee , Punjab Bar Council is Chief Executive of Punjab Bar Council. The Chairman of Executive Committee is a political office and elected by the Members of Punjab Bar Council in each year. Chairman Executive Committee has full authority to decide matters of Bar Council in...
- Vice Chairman, Punjab Bar CouncilVice Chairman, Punjab Bar CouncilVice Chairman Punjab Bar Council is Presiding officer of Punjab Bar Council elected by Members of Punjab Bar Council in each year. under the Punjab Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Rules 1974, Vice Chairman is ex officio Member of each Committee of Bar Council....
- Fakhruddin G. Ebrahimi
- Supreme Court Bar Association of PakistanSupreme Court Bar Association of PakistanThe Supreme Court Bar Association is a legal body comprising the supreme court lawyers in Pakistan. It is currently headed by Asma Jahangir. Ms. Jahangir has been a leading human rights activist and lawyer in South Asia...
(SCBA) - Balochistan High Court Bar Association (BHBA)
- Aitzaz AhsanAitzaz AhsanChaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan is a Pakistani lawmaker, barrister, and politician from Pakistan's People's Party who served as President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan.-Early life and education:...
- Makhdoom Ali KhanMakhdoom Ali KhanMakhdoom Ali Khan , is a practising Senior Advocate Supreme Court. Makhdoom Ali Khan is a former Attorney General of Pakistan, former Chairman Pakistan Bar Council, former member of the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan, former Board Member of the Federal Judicial Academy of Pakistan and a...
- Mirza Aziz Akbar BaigMirza Aziz Akbar BaigMirza Aziz Akbar Baig was born on 6 November 1938 in Multan, Pakistan. He is a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.-Education:He graduated in 1960 from Government Emerson College, Multan...
- Mian Muhibullah KakakhelMian Muhibullah KakakhelMian Muhibullah Kakakhel is the first youngest practicing Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court in the history of Pakistan and the former candidate for the presidentship of Pakistan....
- Qazi AnwarQazi AnwarQazi Muhammad Anwar, former Attorney General, constitutional lawyer, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan and former senator. A former activist in the Pakistan Peoples Party, he joined the Awami National Party in 1994 in protest against the dismissal of the provincial...
- Chaudhry Mohammad Ashraf WahlahChaudhry Mohammad Ashraf WahlahChaudhry Mohammad Ashraf Wahlah is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a member of the Pakistan Bar Council . He has remained a member of PBC from 1990 to 2010 in four consecutive terms. He was also a member of the Punjab Bar council from 1984 to 1990. He was twice ex-vicechairman of...