NAWABSHAH, May 15: Members of District Bar Association (DBA) held a demonstration after boycotting court proceedings on Tuesday in protest against the government’s mishandling of chief justice’s visit to Karachi. They also offered prayers for the innocent people killed in the city on May 12.

Lawyers including DBA Secretary Ziaul Hassan Lanjar and former presidents Rahim Bux Jamali and Qazi Mohammad Saleh held the demonstration inside the court premises.

They charged that the chief justice was held hostage for nine hours at the airport and was later forced to leave and demanded arrest of the culprits involved in the carnage.

Our Naushahro Feroze correspondent adds: Lawyers in Naushahro Feroze, Kandiaro and Bhirya Road town boycotted court proceedings and staged rallies. In Naushahro Feroze, lawyers led by DBA Vice-President Abdul Salam Luhrani brought out a rally which started from the building of district court and ended at the press club.

They condemned what they called the target-killing of Supreme Court's additional registrar and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits.

Our Khairpur correspondent adds: Lawyers boycotted court proceedings and observed a token hunger strike outside the sessions court building for about two hours in protest against Saturday’s killings in Karachi.

They condemned manhandling of lawyers and armed attack on the offices of Aaj TV channel and vowed to continue their protest till the withdrawal of presidential reference against the CJP.