PESHAWAR, Oct 3: The district bar association asked the government here the other day to send the murder case of Pishtakhara Union Council Nazim Fayyaz Khalil to the anti-terrorism court within 15 days.

The Peshawar District Bar Association (PDBA), at an emergency meeting, also demanded that Capital City Police Chief Khursheed Alam be transferred as he had allegedly awarded prizes to the police party which had killed the Nazim.

The participants were of the view that the police chief had been trying to influence the inquiry through such acts.

The bar body also condemned the beating of journalists by the customs officials and demanded that they should be awarded exemplary punishment.

The meeting, presided over by PDBA chief Sher Afgan Khattak, was addressed by association General Secretary Sher Afgan, Naeem Jan, Arbab Bukhtiar, Qayyum Sarwar, Fida Gul, Saifullah, Daud Ahmad, Shoukat Yousafzai, Khaista Gul, Khursheed Gul.