SIALKOT: The situation was extremely tense in Daska tehsil of Sialkot district on Monday as protests by lawyers turned violent after a police SHO killed two lawyers including the president of the local bar association.
Protests erupted in several cities following the killing of Rana Khalid Abbas, the president of the Daska bar association, and lawyer Irfan Chauhan in Daska earlier today.
According to latest reports, charged demonstrators in Daska had set the office of the Deputy Superintendent (DSP) on fire.
Lawyers in Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, and Multan also staged protests against the killing of their colleagues in Sialkot, with television footage showing some protestors resorting to attacks on police personnel and vehicles.
Meanwhile, a large number of lawyers demonstrated outside the Punjab Assembly building in Lahore in protest against the killings.
In Multan, furious lawyers broke the glass windows of a police mobile van as members of the People’s Lawyers Forum demonstrated at Kachehri Chowk. Similar scenes were witnessed in Faisalabad and Gujranwala as lawyers clashed with police personnel.
The Punjab government has decided to launch a judicial investigation of the lawyers’ killing in Daska tehsil of Sialkot District. A letter will be written to the chief justice of Lahore High Court (LHC) in this regard.
Meanwhile, TMO Daska has been suspended from his duties and directives have been issued to appoint Assistant Commissioner (AC) of the tehsil as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD).