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| India-Pakistan |
| Lawyers thrash two journalists on court premises |
| 2009-07-31 |
| In another episode of lawyers' violence, a reporter and a cameraman of a private TV channel were made hostage and thrashed by the lawyers in sessions court for making footage of lawyers while beating an ASI of Nishtar Colony Police Station two days ago. The same group of lawyers also manhandled an additional district & sessions judge when he refused to cancel the FIR registered against them on the complaint of the victim cop. The judge was of the view that how could he order to cancel the FIR as it was a legal requirement to issue notice to the respondents (state) on first date of hearing. But the adamant lawyers insisted the judge to issue cancellation orders and got infuriated when their demand was not fulfilled by the judge Malik Muhammad Rafi. The violent lawyers got physical with the judge, and tore the case files and started shouting slogans against the judge besides threatening him dire consequences. The lawyers got hold of reporter Shaheen Attique and cameraman Nasir Hussain, who got an opportunity to cover live the lawyers' torture on the cop Wednesday. Shouldn't we break this up, sarge? Ummmmmmmmm...in a minute. In a bid to take revenge from the journalists, the lawyers attacked them and gave a good thrashing to them. The cameraman fell unconscious due to brutal beating by lawyers. The lawyers were led by MR Awan, vice president Lahore Bar Association. Some other lawyers who were involved in the attack are Sajjad Afzal, Mehar Jehangir, Malik Muhammad Hanif and Rana Asif. After the incident, the journalists protested on The Mall and also met Lahore High Court Chief Justice Kh Muhammad Sharif. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Who on Earth would you root for? |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2009-07-31 11:15 |
| #1 Sounds like the Iran - Iraq war; let's give both sides some guns & ammo and stand back. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-07-31 09:18 |