JARANWALA: A lawyer on Thursday attacked a civil judge over minor tiff during the hearing of a case in Jaranwala, Faisalabad. According to details, the local lawyer attacked Senior Civil Judge Khalid Mehmood with a chair and busted his head wide open. The judge was rushed to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital (THQ) for medical treatment;Meanwhile, a medico-legal report was acquired in order to take action against the lawyer. Several cases of the lawyers misbehaving with the judges and people belonging to the various walks of the society have been reported. Earlier this month, lawyers allegedly thrashed a warden and an assistant warden for trying to issue them a challan over the violation of traffic rules.

Source: Pakistan Today April 25, 2019 09:05 UTC