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Article: Bar Associations.
- Article from:
- The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan)
- Article date:
- February 24, 2009
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By K.M.A. Samdani February 24 (THE NATION): A year after I returned from the UK and joined the profession, i.e. in 1987, I was elected president of the Lahore High Court Bar Association with an overwhelming majority. This was one of those rare occasions when the president was not elected on the basis of biraderi or affiliation with a political party. However, during my campaign, a member of the bar assured me that he and his group would vote for me because I had granted their leader (Z A Bhutto) bail. I explained to him that the bail had been given purely on merit and that I would not like to take advantage of that fact. I also told him that he should vote for me only if ...