Supreme Court Bar Association Rules — section 9

9. [A] candidate contesting election for any of the post of office bearers mentioned in Rule 8 above must possess the qualification shown against each post as under: [(a) President: The President shall be elected from amongst the Members with not less than ten years standing as an Advocate of the Supreme Court. [Provided that the office of the President shall be rotated amongst the Provinces and Islamabad/Rawalpindi in the following manner:

(i)Baluchistan;

(ii)Islamabad/Rawalpindi;

(iii)Khyber Pakhtunkhwa;

(iv)Punjab;

(v)Sindh; and

(vi)Punjab.] Provided also that only such member shall be eligible to contest the election for the President who belongs to the province entitled to President ship according to the rotation stated above and is otherwise qualified to be elected as President. [Deleted]

(b)Vice-Presidents: Four Vice-Presidents, one from each province of Baluchistan, N.W.F.P., Punjab and Sindh, shall be elected from amongst the members with not less than 7 years standing as Advocates, provided that the inter-se seniority of the Vice-Presidents will be determined according to their age.

(c)Secretary: The Secretary shall be elected from amongst the members with not less than 5 years standing as an Advocate of the Supreme Court [….]

(d)[Additional Secretary: The Additional secretary shall be elected from amongst the Members with not less than 3 years standing as an Advocate and who ordinarily resides and practices at Rawalpindi/Islamabad in the Supreme Court.]

(e)17[Finance Secretary: The Finance Secretary shall be elected from amongst the members with not less than 3 years standing as an Advocate and who ordinarily resides and practices at Rawalpindi/Islamabad in the Supreme Court.] [(f) Member of the Executive Committee: Nine Members of the Executive Committee shall be elected from amongst the Members having not less than 2 years standing as Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan; of whom two shall be from each Province and one from Multan/Bahawalpur Divisions of the Punjab Province, having ordinary place of practice in the Province and Divisions concerned.] Casual Vacancies and Absence from Office: