Bar Council

The term of the Bar Council is five years beginning on the first day of January following the general elections to the Bar Council; and at the end of each term the members of the Bar Council shall cease to hold office.

Sindh Bar Council consists of:

a) Advocate General of the Province as ex-officio Chairman; and

b) 33 members elected by the Advocates on the Provincial Roll from amongst themselves. At present there are 16 members from Karachi and 17 members from interior of Sindh.

A person shall be qualified to be elected as a member of the Sindh Bar Council if he:-

a) is on the roll maintained by the Sindh Bar Council;

b) Has, on the day of filing of the nomination paper, been an advocate for not less than seven years; and

c) has cleared all the dues payable by him to the Provincial Bar Council.

Disqualification for Membership of Sindh Bar Council.

A person shall be disqualified to be elected as a member of a Provincial Bar Council if he:-

a) was dismissed or removed from service of Government or of a public statutory corporation; or

b) has been convicted for an offence involving moral turpitude; or

c) has been found guilty of professional misconduct; or

d) has been declared a tout; or

e) is an undischarged insolvent

The function of a Bar Council, subject to the provisions of the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 are:-

a) to admit persons as advocates on its roll; to hold examinations for purposes of admission; to prepare and maintain a roll of such advocates of the province as well as of each Divisions; and to remove advocates from such roll;

b) to admit persons as advocates entitled to practice before the High Court and to prepare and maintain a roll of such advocates;

c) to entertain and determine cases of misconduct against advocates on its roll and to order punishment in such cases;

d) to safeguard the rights, privileges and interests of advocates on its rolls including initiation of measures for fair and inexpensive dispensation of justice by the subordinate Courts and tribunals;

e) to promote and suggest law reform;

f) to manage and administer the property and funds of the Bar Council and to invest any of its funds;

g) to conduct the election of its members;

h) to prescribe conditions for the recognition and functioning of, and to recognize and derecognise, Bar Associations;

i) to perform all other functions conferred on it by or under Act and to comply with directions given to it by the Pakistan Bar Council from time to time; and

j) to do all other things necessary for discharging the aforesaid functions