GUJRAT: The legal fraternity of Pindi Bhattian tehsil, Hafizabad district, is observing strike to register protest against the murder of a senior lawyer and three-time former president of tehsil bar Qamar Javed Gujjar.
Also a PTI-backed independent candidate from PP-39, Mr Gujjar was gunned down by four unidentified armed men riding two motorbikes when he was on way to a mosque located close to his house in Kot Nikka.
The assailants managed to flee the scene soon after the incident. Police shifted the body to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital.
Police have registered a case.
Published in Dawn, February 16th, 2025
