QUETTA: Lawyers boycotted court proceedings in the city on Wednesday in protest against recent beating and robbing of a senior lawyer by some bandits.

Advocate Zebur Rehman was beaten and deprived of cash and other valuables near Muslimbagh town.

They boycotted proceedings of high court, sessions and civil courts, anti-terrorism court and judicial magistrates and demanded of the government to provide them protection.

The call for the protest was given by the Balochistan Bar Association.

Speaking at a protest meeting, Balochistan Bar Association President Bilal Anwar Kasi said that Mr Rehman was manhandled and looted in the Muslimbagh town other day, adding that frequent incidents of robbery and mugging had made lawyers in particular and all people in general insecure and unsafe and demanded immediate arrest of culprits involved in the robbing of Mr Rehman.

He said that lawyers would not remain silent over lawlessness and keep raising their voice against worsening law and order situation which was affecting all people of the province.

Published in Dawn, November 20th, 2014