The office bearers of the Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) Hyderabad seem to be at loggerheads in the matter of inviting Chief Minister KPK Muhammad Sohail Afridi to visit and address the bar.
The SHCBA’s General Secretary advocate Israr Hussain Chang had on January 7 addressed a letter to CM Afridi inviting him to visit the bar during his upcoming visit to Hyderabad.While expressing support for Afridi’s stance about the 26th and the 27th constitutional amendments, he believed that the KPK’s CM would reciprocate by supporting Chang and other lawyers in their struggle against corporate farming, safeguarding Karoonjhar mountain and the water rights issues.
However, a meeting of the SHCBA’s managing committee on Thursday rejected an application of the committee’s member advocate Azmatullah Channa to welcome Afridi in the bar, according to a press release issued here on Friday. The press release has been signed by the bar’s President advocate Ishrat Ali Lohar, Vice President Nisar Ahmed Channa, Joint Secretary advocate Ghulam Ali Talpur, Library Secretary advocate Zainul-Abedin Sahito and Treasurer advocate Zeeshan Ali Memon.