ATTOCK, April 17: The Attock police have arrested 18 outlaws including gamblers in separate strikes in different areas of the district on Monday.

The Attock Saddar police took into custody 11 gamblers — Baqir Ali Shah, Walayat Shah, Sabir Shah, Wajahat Hussain Shah, Tasawar Hussain Shah, Sadaqat Hussain Shah, Abdul Rehman, Irshad Mehmood, Mohammad Ejaz, Nazabut Khan and Tahir Ali — and seized Rs26,200, three mobile phones and two wristwatches form their possession during a raid on Urtakpur village in Kamra.

The police also arrested four persons — Mushtaq, Daulat Khan, Mir Mohammad and Anjum Pervez — for possessing 415 grams Hashish and a 30-bore pistol during routine checking.

Similarly, the Attock Khurd police detained three persons — Qadir Khan, Jaffar Khan and Imran — and seized 2kg hashish and two pistols from them during checking of vehicles on the G.T. Road.

Meanwhile, the Jand police have registered a case against a man identified as Taj Deen for giving refuge to his son, Iftikhar Rehman, who is a proclaimed offender (PO).

lawyers’ struggle: The District Bar Association (DBA) on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution and asked the judiciary in the Punjab, NWFP and Balochistan provinces to lend their support to the “non-functional” Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry.

The resolution was moved by the former Attock DBA president, Sheikh Ehsanuddin, in a bar meeting presided over by its incumbent president Rana Afsar Ali Khan.

Afsar Ali paid rich tributes to the “courageous step” of 55 sitting judges, including 15 of the Sindh High Court (SHC), who attended a reception given in honour of the CJP by the lawyers’ community of Hyderabad on Sunday.

The meeting urged the judiciary across the country to support the ongoing struggle against “the unjustified act of the suspension of CJP”, and demanded his immediate reinstatement.

It also appreciated the bold step of all those judges who tendered their resignations over the judicial crisis.

The bar decided to boycott the court proceedings on Wednesday and Thursday, besides staging token hunger strike for two hours daily at the DBA Attock.

Afsar Ali and Sheikh Ehsanuddin said strikes and protest demonstrations by lawyers across the country were a proof of the lawyers’ unity and their lack of confidence in the government.

According to them, the presidential reference against the CJP was a futile exercise that created a crisis in the country.

They said the lawyers had a one-point agenda of getting the CJP reinstated, adding that they were ready to face whatever difficulties might arise during the campaign.