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| Lawyers, police thrash each other in front of SC |
| 2013-11-27 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Clashes erupted between lawyers and police outside the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday during a protest in favour of establishment of Lahore High Court (LHC) benches in Gujranwala, Dera Ghazi Khan, Sahiwal, Sargodha and Faisalabad ...formerly known as Lyallpur, the third largest metropolis in Pakistain, the second largest in Punjab after Lahore. It is named after some Arab because the Paks didn't have anybody notable of their own to name it after... divisions. Police resorted to baton charge, fired rubber bullets and used tear gas when the protesting lawyers tried to break into SC premises. Several lawyers, a DSP, four coppers and Islamabad assistant commissioner (AC) were maimed in the festivities. Dozens of lawyers from the five cities had gathered at Constitution Avenue in Islamabad to stage a sit-in and press authorities to set up LHC division benches in their cities. The protest turned into festivities when police tried to stop lawyers from entering the court premises. Lawyers also pelted police with stones during the protest. Police increased security around the SC following the festivities. Later, a clash also erupted at Polyclinic Hospital Islamabad where the injured lawyers fought with doctors. The Pakistain Bar Council (PBC) has, meanwhile, announced a nationwide strike today (Wednesday) to protest "police torture" of protesting lawyers. PBC Vice Chairman Syed Qalbe Hassan issued a blurb, slamming police's conduct. Condemning police's "brutal use of force" against the "peaceful lawyers", he requested members of the legal fraternity across the country to observe strike and boycott courts today. He also announced arranging "protest meetings" in several bar associations "to protest against the inhuman and brutal police action against lawyers". |
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