Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) have announced to hold an all Pakistan lawyers' representative convention on panama case and role of the bar associations. LHCBA Vice President Rashid Lodhi alleged that stooges of the government had been conspiring to sabotage the convention.

However, he said, the bar would foil every attempt of the government and the convention would be held at any cost. And the prime minister would have to step down, he added. Lodhi alleged that the government had been trying to buy loyalties of the bar associations through its stooges in the bar. PML-N Lawyers' Forum co-ordinator Raza Zafar admitted that negotiations with both bar associations were underway. However, he said, the forum honoured the Islamabad convention and would also respect the LHCBA's convention.

However, a representative's convention hosted by Pakistan Bar Council, top regulatory body of lawyers, in Islamabad had rejected the demand of immediate resignation of the PM calling it a premature move.

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