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Pakistan Bar Council was established by the Parliament in 1973 under The Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act. It is the highest elected body of lawyers in Pakistan with the Attorney General of Pakistan
Attorney General of Pakistan

The Attorney General of Pakistan is appointed under Article 100 of the Constitution of Pakistan of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan appointed under the Central Law Officers Ordinance, 1970....
 as its ex-officio chairman. In addition, it has twenty members elected throughout the country representing each province. The Members of the Pakistan Bar Council are elected on the basis of a single transferable vote by the members of the Provincial Bar Councils.






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Pakistan Bar Council was established by the Parliament in 1973 under The Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act. It is the highest elected body of lawyers in Pakistan with the Attorney General of Pakistan
Attorney General of Pakistan

The Attorney General of Pakistan is appointed under Article 100 of the Constitution of Pakistan of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan appointed under the Central Law Officers Ordinance, 1970....
 as its ex-officio chairman. In addition, it has twenty members elected throughout the country representing each province. The Members of the Pakistan Bar Council are elected on the basis of a single transferable vote by the members of the Provincial Bar Councils. The Council also elects its vice-chairman every year from amongst its elected Members.

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  • Balochistan High Court Bar Association (BHBA)
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  • Qazi Anwar
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