The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council also known as KP Bar Council is a statutory &

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of lawyers in

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ...

for safeguarding the rights, interests and privileges of practicing lawyers, within

province of

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. The council also works on regulating the conduct of lawyers and helping them in the administration of justice. It came into being as a result of the promulgation of the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 (Act XXXV of 1973). The Council commenced functioning with effect on 1 January 1974.Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council Website
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Peshawar High Court The Peshawar High Court (PHC, ) is the provincial and highest judicial institution of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. It is located in the provincial capital Peshawar. The Parliament passed a bill extending the jurisdiction of the Supreme Cour ...

lawyers within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are licensed with this council.

Composition

The Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council consists of Chairman Executive Committee & Vice Chairman, both elected by Members of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council each Year and Members of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council elected by the advocates from different constituencies across the

Province. Members serve a term of five years, beginning on January 1, with elections held each November to fill seats of those whose terms will expire in the following January. The Advocate General of the

, acts as ''

ex officio An ''ex officio'' member is a member of a body (notably a board, committee, or council) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office. The term '' ex officio'' is Latin, meaning literally 'from the office', and the sense intended is 'by r ...

'' Chairman of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council.

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* of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council {{Bar Councils in Pakistan , state=expanded Bar Councils in Pakistan Organisations based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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