KARACHI: Legal proceedings at the City Courts and subordinate judiciary completely suspended on Monday on the strike call of the Karachi Bar Association (KBA) against the transfer of three high court judges to the Islam­abad High Court (IHC).

Lawyers belonging to the KBA stayed away from court to support the strike call announced by the Islamabad Bar Council, Islamabad High Court Bar Asso­ciation, and Islam­abad District Bar Association.

The City Courts wore a deserted look throughout the day and the majority of undertrial prisoners could not be produced in courts.

At a general body meeting, the KBA demanded that the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) postpone its meeting, which is set to consider names for eight vacancies in the Supreme Court, and urged its members to participate in a protest outside the top court next........

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