Media banned from SHC first time in history
KARACHI: Law enforcement personnel banned the media from the Sindh High Court for the first time in history Tuesday. It has always been the case that courts and their proceedings are open to the public and accessible to everyone.
There have been precedents in which the entry of the media has been regulated for security but never before has there been a complete ban.
Entry was regulated when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was facing charges of hijacking a PIA flight from Colombo to Karachi with General Pervez Musharraf aboard.
Some restrictions were placed and entry was allowed only with special passes during the hearing of the May 12 mayhem case but this was still not a complete ban on movement of the media on the premises.
“Not a single good lawyer is ready to represent the government and hence we have to proceed with whoever is available,” a senior official confided to Daily Times.
“The rules, procedures and merit will be relaxed to fill the vacant positions.” No lawyers appeared before any bench of the SHC (a division bench and two single benches) and whatever cases and court work claimed to be done by judges was in their chambers, a lawyer who remained at the SHC for the whole day, told Daily Times.
Source: Daily Times
Date:11/7/2007
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