THE 12th of January in the year 2011 is a day in history when I made my maiden appearance in the High Court Lahore as an advocate of the High Court and there is something about it. In the year 2006 when I was still a student of LLB Part II I went to the district courts for the first time, a strike was announced by the lawyers as a show of protest against some murder. Then, in 2007, after completion of my LLB program when I first went to the courts there was a strike yet again, this time to denounce the proclamation of emergency by by General Musharraf and which has followed a series of strikes till date. The 11th of January 2011 was my first day in the High Court Lahore, a strike was announced because of some scuffle of lawyers in Sheikhupura. The evening of 11th January; we had parents of Justice Javed Iqbal killed in dacoity and hence a strike announced for the 12th.
Three years in the profession and three years of continuous strikes, the events follow suit as I make my first appearance in the High Court. It will take at least another eight years before I get the Supreme Court licence, lets see what the future holds inits closed fists.
