Sialkot lawyers observe strike

SIALKOT, Dec 5: On the appeal of the District Bar Association, the local lawyers on Friday observed strike to mark their protest against what they said “delaying tactics” of police in submitting the challan of the jail incident in court.

Meanwhile, Bar President Chaudhry Munawar Warraich and Secretary Shamshad Ahmad Bajwa at a meeting demanded immediate arrest of the suspended DIG.

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