LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court Monday sent eight more lawyers on judicial remand, accused of attacking the Punjab Institute of Cardiology.
Police produced the arrested lawyers before the court and sought physical remand to carry out investigation. However, the court sent the accused to jail on judicial remand. Shadman police had registered two FIRs against over 250 lawyers with the arrest of 46 lawyers. Some woman lawyers arrested from the crime scene were already released by the police.
The FIRs were registered under Sections 148, 186, 290, 291, 324, 353 and 436 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) in addition to Section 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.