KARACHI: A large number of lawyers on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration on M.A. Jinnah Road to mark the eighth anniversary of the May 12 carnage in Karachi.

More than 45 people were killed and dozens others wounded on May 12, 2007 when the then deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry arrived in Karachi to address a meeting of the Sindh High Court Bar Association on their golden jubilee while the Muttahida Qaumi Movement staged a rally to protest against the politicisation of the judge’s suspension.

The lawyers also staged a sit-in on M.A. Jinnah Road where their leaders including presidents of the SHCBA and the Karachi Bar Association spoke.

They deplored that the authorities were still unable to arrest the culprits behind the May 12 mayhem and demanded their arrest.

Published in Dawn, May 13th, 2015

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