former Governor Punjab Chaudhry Sarwar, opposition leader in Punjab Assembly Mian Mehmood-ur-Rasheed, Dr Yasmin Rashid, MPAs Saadia Sohail, Dr Nausheen Hamid, Lahore chapter head Abdul Aleem Khan and others.
Addressing the rally, Ch Sarwar asked the PML-N government to resign immediately as it had lost the right to hold the authority after brutal killing of lawyers in Daska district Sialkot.
Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, President PPP central Punjab, accompanied by the local leaders and party workers gathered outside Lahore Press Club to express solidarity with the lawyers’ community. The rally was also attended by President PPP Lahore Samina Khalid Ghurki, Naveed Chaudhry, Suhail Milk, Dewan Mohyuddin, Khurram Jehangir Wattoo, Raja Amir, Advocate Supreme Court, Rana Gul Nasir, Jehan Ara Wattoo.
Meanwhile, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for a thorough probe into the police modus operandi to ensure that force is used to protect citizens rather than killing them.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the commission said the use of lethal force by the police did appear to be unwarranted and excessive.
The Daska killings call for a detailed look at why such killings occur and how they can be stopped. It is important that these are more than mere reflections within the police department. Not only must a cross-section of society be consulted in this respect, the deliberations should include and address the concerns of the people and the outcome of the exercise should be shared with the public.
Also, Anjuman-e-Fidayan-e-Mustafa leaders strongly condemned the shooting of lawyers by police in Daska that resulted in lawyers’ agitation across country.
Mufti Najeeb Ahmad Hashmi, Hafiz Akbar Jatoi, Saleh Muhammad Shah, Tanveer Qadri, Saeed Ahmad Chishti and Qari Ishaq Madani expressed sorrow that resorting to violence by lawyers community, especially the damaging public and private property was equally bad response.
Agencies add: Former president Supreme Court Bar Asma Jahangir said on Tuesday lawyers reject formation of a judicial commission on Daska incident.
Talking to reporters, she said the government had been forming judicial commissions every other day to investigate issues. The commission should be formed with members of civil society in it, who should be probing the causes of Daska incident.
Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Muhammad Anwar Khan Kasi on Tuesday expressed grief over the killings in Daska. The reference was also attended by Justice Noorul Haq N Qureshi, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Aamir Farooq, President IHC Rana Aleem Khan Abbasi, Vice Chairman Islamabad Bar Council Shoaib Shaheen, Riasat Ali Azad and a large number of other lawyers.