***Zardari continues to dig his own grave. He will get a thudda just like Musharraf, pretty soon! ***
100 lawyers nabbed amid raid on Pindi District Bar
RAWALPINDI: As many as 100 lawyers were arrested as police raided on the Rawalpindi District Bar (RDB) building on early Sunday and charged lawyers with baton meanwhile, the Pindi District Bar building has been completely sealed, sources said.
According to sources, over 1000 police officials partook in crackdown led by Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) Khwaja Saify when many lawyers, gathered from various cities, were staying at district bar building including President RDB Taufiq Asif, Anwar Dar.
PML-N leader Makhdoom Javaid Hashmi was scheduled to address a lawyers’ gathering early in the morning on Sunday, sources revealed adding, police issued many prior warnings to lawyers urging upon them to leave the building however, senior judges intervened and directed police not to take any action.
But, early in the morning before even dawn, police besieged the RDB building following which they barged into and perpetrated worst ever torture arresting 100 lawyers including Taufiq Asif, Anwar Dar and others while the building was sealed.
Media sources said, mediamen were also tortured on the occasion. Meanwhile, lawyers kept chanting slogans in favour of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.