Formation | 1974 |
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Type | Public Body |
Purpose | Bar associations |
Headquarters | Peshawar, Pakistan |
Region served | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
Official language | English |
Chairman | Shumail Ahmad Butt [1] |
Website | www |
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council also known as KP Bar Council is a statutory & deliberative assembly of lawyers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for safeguarding the rights, interests and privileges of practicing lawyers, within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. 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.[2] All lower court and Peshawar High Court lawyers within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are licensed with this council.