' AFTAB HUSSAIN, C. J.-The main argument in support of this petition is based upon Q. 4 : 58 {{URDU TEXT}} (that Allah Moth cormoand you To render back your Trusts To those who are qualified for it).
This verse is cited because an office has been held to be in the nature of trust. Consequently {{URDU TEXT}} in that context will mean those who qualify for it.
2. The, petitioner's case is that there are 30,000 members on the roll of the Bar Council but the newly added section 11-A of the Legal Practitioner and Bar Councils (Amendment) Ordinance, 1982, provides for a harsh qualification for membership of Pakistan Bar Council. It is inter aha 10 years practice and the candidate's name being on the roll of Supreme Court of Pakistan maintained by the Pakistan Bar Council.
3. There is no objection to the 10 years' practice. The whole objection is regarding the entry of his name on the roll of Advocates of the Supreme Court maintained by the Pakistan Bar Council.
4. We put a question to the petitioner whether it was his case that no qualification should be fixed for the membership of Pakistan Bar Council. He stated that this was not his case, and the qualification of 10 years' practice was correctly !Aid down.
5. The argument based on the above mentioned verse of the Holy Quran, is not correct, since it also provides for qualification, of the person to whom the trust is entrusted. There is nothing in the Holy Quran and the Sunnah which may directly support the petitioner. In these circumstances it cannot be said that this provision is contrary to the Holy Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet, (p. b. u. h.) palpalticuhriy when there is good reason for the additional qualification. The reason appears to be that a person who is a member of Pakistan Bar Council may be required by the Enrolment Committee of the Supreme Court for enrolling Advocates of the Supreme Court. A person who has no knowledge of Supreme Court practice cannot be reasonably entrusted with duty to enroll Advocates of the Supreme Court. There is no ground to interfere with the law assailed before us.
The petition is dismissed.