PABNA, July 16:-A press conference was held to protest the appointment of all law officers including government-appointed law officers (GP, PP) in Pabna District Court by Deputy Speaker Advocate Shamsul Haque Tuku on behalf of his preferred lawyer. Leaders of the Pabna Bar Association’s Joint Lawyers Coordination Council supported by Awami League held this press conference.
Advocate Abdul Ahad Babu, General Secretary of Pabna District Lawyers’ Association and Joint Secretary of District Awami League, read out a written statement at the press conference held at the auditorium of Pabna District Lawyers’ Association yesterday at 3 pm.
In a written statement, he said, the lawyers of Pabna District Bar organized and united for 10 years and won 13 out of 13 posts of the District Bar Association. But with the naked intervention of the Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Pabna-1 Constituency Member of Parliament Advocate Shamsul Haque Tukur, their order and unity is on the verge of destruction. Shamsul Haque recommended 67-year-old Advocate Aktaruzzaman Mukta as GP and former Information Minister Prof. Abu Sayeed’s chief election agent Advocate Aminul Islam Patal as PP without consulting any legal leaders of Tuku Pabna and sent to the Law Ministry. We do not understand that the Deputy Speaker has recommended the post of PP for any immoral gain. In protest against this naked recommendation of the Deputy Speaker, Pabna Lawyers Coordination Council held a press conference and strongly condemned and protested. Lawyers requested the appointment of law officers who are acceptable to all without the appointment of persons recommended by the Deputy Speaker immediately. Otherwise, they also warned that no lawyer in Pabna will work with all the officials including GP, PP appointed on the recommendation of the Deputy Speaker.
Pabna District Advocate Bar Association Bar leaders appealed to the Prime Minister to stop the intervention of the Deputy Speaker in the appointment of Government Law Officers for the year 2024-2028.
District Advocate Bar Association President Advocate Dewan Majnul Haque, General Secretary Advocate Abdul Ahad Babu, Advocate Hossain Shaheed Sohrawardy, Advocate Abdus Samad Khan Ratan, Advocate Taufiq Imam Khan, Advocate Khandkar Abdur Rakib and all working lawyers were present in the press conference.
