London: PTI leaders and supporters gathered outside London’s Middle Temple near Chancery Lane to demonstrate against the former Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa.
The former CJP was in London for a prestigious event at Middle Temple, one of the four Inns of Court, which is a group of lawyers who are the only ones in the UK who can call students to the Bar.
On Tuesday, a dinner in London was held for members of the Inn and Benchers, who are in charge of running the Inn. At the dinner, a ceremony was held to welcome newly elected members to the Bench.
This year, Callees include retired Justice Isa and others. Before dinner, they were invited to the Bench and asked to sit at the High Table. Every new Bencher gave a brief speech following the dinner.
Outside the venue, speeches were given by dozens of PTI supporters and party leaders like Sayed Zulfi Bukhari, Sahibzada Jahangir, and former MNA Maleeka Bokhari.
Following the violent riots on May 9 of last year, Maleeka had resigned from the PTI, stating that she was “disassociating” herself from the party.
“Middle Temple, shame on you!” was chanted by many protesters as they waved placards with slogans disparaging the former CJP. expressing disapproval of the institution’s choice to invite Justice Isa.
A PTI supporter posted a video earlier this week in which she yelled at the Isa family in London.
Mark Macdonald, a British barrister, also gave a speech at the event. He said that Middle Temple should never have invited the former chief justice.
In a speech, Bukhari described the alleged PTI targeting of the former chief justice.
Numerous PTI protesters chanted “Go Qazi Go!” while a large number of police guarded the venue’s entrance gate.
Threateners will face legal action: Mohsin Naqvi, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the incident by stating that the vehicles of the former CJP and Pakistan High Commissioner in London had been “attacked.”
He instructed the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) to immediately identify the attackers through footage and take legal action against them in a statement that was published on X.
In addition, an FIR will be issued in order to block their identity cards and revoke their passports.
In addition, it stated that the attackers’ citizenship would be immediately revoked.
