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| Type | Regulating authority for lawyers, Public Body with elected office bearers |
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| Headquarters | Islamabad, Pakistan |
Region served | Islamabad Capital Territory |
Official language | English،Urdu |
Vice Chairman | Raja M. Aleem Khan Abbasi |
| Website | www |
The Islamabad Bar Council is a statutory and deliberative assembly of lawyers in Islamabad Capital Territory for safeguarding the rights, interests and privileges of practicing lawyers, within Islamabad Capital Territory of Pakistan. The Council also regulates the conduct of lawyers and helps in the administration of justice. It has been constituted in 2014 after addition of Section 3(1)(iii) into the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973[1] and became functional on 23 May 2015[2] after its first election.[3] All advocates practicing in any court or tribunal in Islamabad, except the Supreme Court are licensed and regulated by the Council. Advocates licensed and regulated by other provincial bar councils can also practice in Islamabad.[4]
- ^ Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973. 22 February 1973.
- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2015-05-24). "Islamabad Bar Council becomes functional". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
- ^ Asad, Malik (2015-05-02). "First elections of Islamabad bar today". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
- ^ "Islamabad Bar Council". www.ibc.org.pk. Retrieved 2018-11-05.