TIMERGARA, March 22: Lawyers in Lower Dir on Saturday decided to set up a hunger strike camp on March 27 for the restoration of pre-November 3 judiciary and reinstatement of all the deposed judges.

The decision was made in a meeting of the district bar Timergara held here on Saturday with its president Hazrat Rahman in the chair. Senior bar members Iqbalur Rahman, Kifayat Yar, Jehan Bahadar and others spoke on the occasion.

Later the bar president announced that a hunger strike camp would be set up on March 27 in the main chowk of Timergara bazaar, in which all the lawyers of the district would ensure their presence.

He said that the efforts of the legal fraternity will bear fruits. Hazrat Rehman said that the lawyers would show their strength on March 27 adding that they would hold protest demonstrations in the coming two days.

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