A delegation of Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) led by its President Hafeez-ur-Rehman Chaudhry called on Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar at his office on Thursday. The chief minister presented a cheque worth one crore rupees for the LHCBA.
Talking on this occasion, the chief minister said that lawyers have played a leading role for the supremacy of the constitution and the strengthening of the democracy. He opined that legal fraternity has to pro-actively perform for timely provision of justice to the citizens.
The PTI government is creating an environment of ease for the people and it has a full understanding of the problems being faced by the lawyers.
The civilized societies are based on the concept of supremacy of law while the law of the jungle prevails in societies lacking socio-economic justice, he added.
The chief minister announced to convene a provincial level convention of bar associations. He added that provincial, divisional, district and tehsil level lawyers’ conventions will be held soon and a welfare package for the legal community will also be announced. He assured to solve problems being faced by the LHCBA and added that instructions have already been issued to solve the dispensary problem for the lawyers.
The LHCBA President also presented life-membership to Chief Minister Usman Buzdar.
