LAHORE: Lawyers across the country observe strike on Wednesday and took out rallies to condemn the killing of two lawyers by police in Daska on Monday.
The lawyers stage a sit-in in front of the Lahore High Court main gate and chanted slogans against police and demanded justice.
At the Lahore Customs Court and other courts, lawyers boycotted the proceedings on the appeal of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC). The Pakistan Bar Council has announced a three-day boycott of the courts countrywide and to protest against the incident. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, no police official was present in the court and Rangers took the responsibility of security.
Lawyers also observed strike in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Karachi, Quetta and other big cities of the country, where black flags were hoisted outside the bar rooms and resolutions condemning the police brutality were passed by the associations of various bar councils.
The legal fraternity demanded that the government should bring the killers to justice.
Policemen deployed at courts had been directed to wear plain clothes, while cops present at the entry and exit points of the sessions court were asked to return to the Police Lines.
Lawyers are also protesting in Jhang, Sargodha, Khushab, Toba Tek Singh, Gujrat, Jhelum, Narowal, Shakargarh and other cities of Punjab.
