Lawyers observe strike

Published May 15, 2002

GUJRAT, May 14: The members of the local Bar association observed a complete strike on Tuesday to protest against the attitude of Mandi Bahauddin SP.

Earlier, an emergent meeting of the Bar, presided over by its president Qazi Bashir, was informed that SP Suleman Chaudhry refused to meet a seven-member delegation of lawyers after keeping them standing outside his office for half an hour.

The delegation comprised Bar president and some senior lawyers. They wanted to inform the SP that police had implicated lawyer Akram Gondal in some fabricated cases.

The lawyers also passed a resolution against the SP, demanding immediate transfer of the SP.

They vowed to observe a province-wide strike if their demand was not met within a week.

HOUSES LOOTED: Dacoits looted four houses in and around the city during the last 24 hours.

Four dacoits forced their entry into the houses of Ghulam Shabbir, Zulfiqar and Chaudhry Shafqat in Bhudo Kalis, Lalamusa, and decamped with cash and other valuables worth Rs425,000.

Dacoits forced their entry into the house of Yaqoob Shah in Sandharia, Lalamusa, and took away Rs55,000 and some gold ornaments.

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