The Lahore High Court (LHC) dismissed a petition filed by a bar member Muhammad Nawaz Malik challenging the voters' list of the Punjab Bar Council (PBC) election 2009. The petitioner contended that the present list contained the name of the sitting and former judges, law officers, government officials and non-practising lawyers.
The petitioner also contended that all such persons were not eligible to vote and prayed to the court to direct the PBC to exclude these names from the voters' list. The petitioner had earlier filed a petition before the High Court Multan bench and it was dismissed. He filed the Intra court appeal, which was again dismissed.