Has anyone ever heard of lawyers thumping police anywhere else in the world?
Lawyers in various parts of Multan, Faisalabad and Gujranwala are staging protests against the killing of their colleagues. Several lawyers also resorted to attacks on police personnel and mobile vans, according to TV reports.
I don't think they feel disgrace like we do.
Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court took notice of the killings and summoned the heads of various lawyers organisations. The CJ also sought a report from the Daska district and sessions judge as a meeting went under way in this regard.
You'd think that because of common cultures and backgrounds you'd see such things in India and Afghanistan, too. But Pakistain is the only place I've ever heard of where the lawyers run riot inside and outside the courtroom.
During the meeting, it was decided that Rangers personnel would be sought to maintain the law and order situation in the violence-hit areas.Somehow the picture of a trial lawyer heaving a brick through the windshielf of a police van does not compute. Not even John Edwards would do such a thing. At least I don't think he would.
| Of course not. Such active activity might mess up his hair. |
Despite the number of lawyers infesting its courtrooms, Pakistain doesn't have an actual system of real property deeds.
The SHO opened straight fire to disperse the protesters as a result of which a pedestrian and three lawyers, including the Daska bar president, sustained gunshot wounds.
"Straight fire" means they waited until they saw the whites of their rolling eyes. Too bad about the innocent pedestrian. He shoulda kept his eyes closed.
The injured were shifted to Civil Hospital Daska where Rana Khalid Abbas and another lawyer succumbed to their wounds during treatment.
"Yer honor... Rosebud!"
"I object, yer honor! [WHEEZE!] I am undone!"
Fear and tension gripped the area after the incident as lawyers and area residents took to the streets protesting against the action. Businesses and markets also closed down after the clash.
Yeah. Fear and tension.