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| Pirzada escapes beating from lawyers |
| 2008-10-20 |
| Legal expert Sharifuddin Pirzada escaped a beating by lawyers at the Benazir Bhutto Airport in Islamabad on Sunday. A number of lawyers were present at the airport to receive sacked chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary, who was returning to Islamabad after visiting Karachi and Hyderabad. Upon receiving information that Pirzada was also present at the airport, a group of lawyers surrounded him and attempted to beat him. However, airport security officials immediately intervened to rescue Pirzada and escorted him out of the crowd. No complaint was lodged with the Airport Police Station. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 What the hell? Could somebody unpack this a bit? Who's Pirzada, and why are "lawyers" acting like something out of a road production of West Side Story? As far as I can tell, this is roughly equivalent to a passel of Federalist Society members greeting Bob Bork at an airport terminal and attempting to beat the crap out of Lawrence Tribe when he unexpectedly crossed their path. Or possibly vice-versa with whatever the hell's the lefty equivalent of the Federalist Society. The ABA? |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-10-20 09:58 |