Lawyers attack court to protest Qadri verdict
October 04, 2011 12:29
In a shocking incident, a group of lawyers attacked an anti-terrorism court in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi, whose judge had convicted and sentenced to death the assassin of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer.
The lawyers ransacked the courtroom and broke its windowpanes to protest the judge's decision to give the death sentence to Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, the police guard who gunned down Taseer in January for criticising the country's blasphemy law.
The staffers of two anti-terrorism courts in the complex locked all doors to protect themselves during Monday's attack. The lawyers forcibly entered the complex and shouted slogans against the verdict.
The lawyers ransacked the courtroom and broke its windowpanes to protest the judge's decision to give the death sentence to Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, the police guard who gunned down Taseer in January for criticising the country's blasphemy law.
The staffers of two anti-terrorism courts in the complex locked all doors to protect themselves during Monday's attack. The lawyers forcibly entered the complex and shouted slogans against the verdict.
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