Rana Muhammad Akram Khan
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Rana Muhammad Akram Khan is a Pakistani lawyer and former Chairman Executive, Punjab Bar Council
Chairman Executive, Punjab Bar Council
Chairman Executive Committee , Punjab Bar Council is Chief Executive of Punjab Bar Council. The Chairman of Executive Committee is a political office and elected by the Members of Punjab Bar Council in each year. Chairman Executive Committee has full authority to decide matters of Bar Council in...

. He was elected as Chairman Executive Committee by Securing 44 ballots of Members of Punjab Bar Council
Members of Punjab Bar Council
Members of Punjab Bar Council are legislatures of lawyers elected after every four years from Punjab Province of Pakistan. they remain member of Punjab Bar Council for 5 years...

 out of 75. Earlier, he was elected as Member Punjab Bar Council for the term of 2010-15. Rana Muhammad Akram Khan as Chairman Executive Committee, Punjab Bar Council rebuffed Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Pakistan
The Supreme Court is the apex court in Pakistan's judicial hierarchy, the final arbiter of legal and constitutional disputes. The Supreme Court has a permanent seat in Islamabad. It has number of Branch Registries where cases are heard. It has a number of de jure powers which are outlined in the...

's National Judicial Policy calling it crucifixion of Justice and ceased the licenses of those lawyers who affronted the Jurisdiction of Punjab Bar Council
Punjab Bar Council
The Punjab Bar Council is a supreme statutory & Deliberative assembly of lawyers in Punjab for safeguarding the rights, interests and privileges of practicing lawyers, regulating their conduct and helping in the administration of justice and it is also 1st biggest Bar Council of Pakistan...

 by not observing PBC
Punjab Bar Council
The Punjab Bar Council is a supreme statutory & Deliberative assembly of lawyers in Punjab for safeguarding the rights, interests and privileges of practicing lawyers, regulating their conduct and helping in the administration of justice and it is also 1st biggest Bar Council of Pakistan...

's Proclaimed strike against National Judicial Policy.

The Legend of the Bar

Rana Muhammad Akram Khan has been given the trophy of The Legend of the Bar
Legend
A legend is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude...

by Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is the current Chief Justice of Pakistan.He became chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court in 2005 and soon became not only a central figure in the nation's political struggles but an icon to the country's legal profession and others campaigning for the rule of law...

, Chief Justice of Pakistan.

Boycott against the National Judicial Policy

  • Rana Muhammad Akram Khan calling National Judicial Policy liquidation of Justice in joint press conference with Mumtaz Mustafa
    Mumtaz Mustafa
    Mumtaz Mustafa is a former Vice Chairman, Punjab Bar Council. He has been elected as Member Punjab Bar Council from Rahim Yar Khan several times. He has been Elected as Vice-Chairman of Punjab Bar Council twice. He was elected vice Chairman by Securing 44 votes of MPC's out of 75 in 2010...

     proclaimed weekly strike in Punjab on every Saturday. In Jaranwala
    Jaranwala
    Jaranwala is a city in the Faisalabad District of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located at 31°20'0N 73°26'0E with an altitude of 184 meters .It is 35KM south east from Faisalabad and 110 km from Lahore...

     the lawyers arranged a grand colourful dinner in the honour of Chairman Executive, Punjab Bar Council
    Punjab Bar Council
    The Punjab Bar Council is a supreme statutory & Deliberative assembly of lawyers in Punjab for safeguarding the rights, interests and privileges of practicing lawyers, regulating their conduct and helping in the administration of justice and it is also 1st biggest Bar Council of Pakistan...

     in Historical Committee Bagh speaking on the occasion Rana Akram said: “We have apprehensions towards National Judicial Policy which is not proper for the lawyers, judges and the public.” He appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to review this policy. He said, “We respect and honour judiciary and we enjoy cordial relations with bench and bar.”
  • Rana Akram elaborated during addressing a joint meeting of Lahore Bar Association
    Lahore Bar Association
    Lahore Bar Association is the Biggest Bar Association of Asia. The Lahore Bar Association now has a membership of over 16,000 attorneys. With over 14 different committees, sections and divisions each actively working to further the purposes of the Lahore Bar Association.The history of the Lahore...

     and Lahore High Court Bar Association
    Lahore High Court Bar Association
    Lahore High Court Bar Association is situated in Lahore.Lahore Bar as a collective group took birth somewhere before 1892-93 and its first President was elected in 1993. In 1910 the Executive Committee recommended that the Bar Association should be registered...

     that “We are not against the speedy disposal of cases but we take issue against pointless dismissals in the name of judicial policy. The courts should impose a fine when lawyers are deliberately avoiding court appearances and delaying cases. But when a genuine adjournment is requested, it should be granted”.

Education

Rana Muhammad Akram did M.A (Pol. Science) from University of Karachi
University of Karachi
The University of Karachi is a public university located in Karachi, Pakistan. It serves an on-campus student population of more than 24,000. According to the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, it is ranked among the top three universities of the country...

, LLB from S.M Law College
Sindh Muslim Law College
The Sindh Muslim Government Law College or S. M. Law College is located on Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The college was established by its first Principal Hassanally A. Rahman Zubedi, a leading Advocate of Sindh on the June 28, 1947 and was affiliated to the University of...

 and M.A Journalism from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Student Politics

  • Rana Muhammad Akram Khan is former Central Chairman of Punjabi Students Association, Sindh
    Sindh
    Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

    . Duration 1983-87

Reign of Punjab Bar Council's Jurisdiction

  • Rana Muhammad Akram Khan, ceased the license of President, Lahore High Court Bar Association
    Lahore High Court Bar Association
    Lahore High Court Bar Association is situated in Lahore.Lahore Bar as a collective group took birth somewhere before 1892-93 and its first President was elected in 1993. In 1910 the Executive Committee recommended that the Bar Association should be registered...

     Multan
    Multan
    Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...

     Bench for not observing strike against National Judicial policy according to PBC's
    Punjab Bar Council
    The Punjab Bar Council is a supreme statutory & Deliberative assembly of lawyers in Punjab for safeguarding the rights, interests and privileges of practicing lawyers, regulating their conduct and helping in the administration of justice and it is also 1st biggest Bar Council of Pakistan...

     Proclamation.

  • Rana Muhammad Akram Khan, suspended the licenses of President, Lahore High Court Bar Association
    Lahore High Court Bar Association
    Lahore High Court Bar Association is situated in Lahore.Lahore Bar as a collective group took birth somewhere before 1892-93 and its first President was elected in 1993. In 1910 the Executive Committee recommended that the Bar Association should be registered...

     Rawalpindi
    Rawalpindi
    Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...

     Bench and Rawal Pindi District Bar Association's President and Secretary for not obseving strike according to Punjab Bar Council's announcement against National Judicial Policy. as a result executive of Rawalpindi District Bar Association (RDBA) banned Federal Law Minister Dr. Babar Awan
    Babar Awan
    Zaheer-ud-din Babar Awan is the former Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of Pakistan. He is also a senator in Pakistan's upper House of the Parliament, and a practicing lawyer and member of the Pakistan Peoples Party Central Executive Committee...

     and Punjab Bar Council's Executive Chairman Rana Akram’s entry to the premises of Rawalpindi District Bar Association.

Supreme Court Bar Association realistically is not representative of whole lawyer's community

Rejecting the National Judicial Policy, Punjab Bar Council's Chairman Executive Committee Rana Muhammad Akram Khan and members of Executive Committee Muhammad Lehrasib Khan Gondal
Muhammad Lehrasib Khan Gondal
Muhammad Lehrasib Khan Gondal is an advocate who is elected as unopposed vice-Chairman Punjab Bar Council for the term 2011-12.. He belongs to Mandi Bahauddin and Member Punjab Bar Council from Mandi Bahauddin for the term 2010-15....

, Rana Muhammad Asif Saeed, Rao Abdul Ghaffar and Faryad Ali Chaudhry said that the policy was not delivering justice to people and it was only accelerating the process for disposing of cases. Addressing a joint press conference, vice Chairman Punjab Bar Council Mumtaz Mustafa
Mumtaz Mustafa
Mumtaz Mustafa is a former Vice Chairman, Punjab Bar Council. He has been elected as Member Punjab Bar Council from Rahim Yar Khan several times. He has been Elected as Vice-Chairman of Punjab Bar Council twice. He was elected vice Chairman by Securing 44 votes of MPC's out of 75 in 2010...

, Rana Muhammad Akram Khan and other senior members of the Bar council said that hastening the disposing of judges was equal to the burial of justice. The judiciary should give rulings on merit without making any haste, they said. They said not even five percent judges are honest in lower courts, whereas the remarks of Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif
Khawaja Muhammad Sharif
Mr Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif Ex-Chief Justice of Lahore High Court in Punjab, Pakistan.-Life:Mr. Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif born on 9 December 1948 in Lahore. His lordship's father Khawaja Muhammad Sadiq was one of the renowned cloth merchants of Anarkali Bazar, Lahore . Mr. Sharif...

 suggest as if judges of Khilafat-e-Rashida have been appointed. Punjab Bar Council is representative of more than 70,000 advocates and Qazi Anwar
Qazi Anwar
Qazi Muhammad Anwar, former Attorney General, constitutional lawyer, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan and former senator. A former activist in the Pakistan Peoples Party, he joined the Awami National Party in 1994 in protest against the dismissal of the provincial...

, the president of Supreme Court Bar Association
Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan
The Supreme Court Bar Association is a legal body comprising the supreme court lawyers in Pakistan. It is currently headed by Asma Jahangir. Ms. Jahangir has been a leading human rights activist and lawyer in South Asia...

 (SCBA), is not the representative of lawyers to decide about lawyers point of view on National Judicial Policy, they remarked.

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