Delinquent behaviour: Lawyers accused of vandalising DCO office
Bar leaders, DCO meet today.
MULTAN:
Several lawyers attacked the district administration office on Thursday and beat up some officials and citizens. They also attacked the office of the district officer coordination (DOC) and the district coordination officer (DCO), who managed to avoid them.
Some officers, wishing not to be named, said that an argument started between some lawyers and DOC Nosheen Jamshed after she refused to sign a domicile certificate questioning its veracity.
They said the lawyers called some of their colleagues and some of them tried to beat the DOC, but a female lawyer helped her escape.
The lawyers then approached the office of DCO Zahid Akhtar Zaman and vandalised his office.
The officials said the lawyers were involved in making faking domiciles after accepting commission from citizens.
They said Jamshed had recently been appointed to monitor the situation. When District Bar President Allah Ditta Kashif arrived at the scene to calm the lawyers, some of them attacked him. Witnesses said the lawyers also attacked some of the visitors to the DCO’s office.
Several senior members of the district bar condemned the attack and have asked the DCO to a act against the culprits.
They also sought a list of the lawyers from the DCO so that disciplinary action may me initiated against them by the bar. They said licences of the lawyers identified by the witnesses may be cancelled. The bar will hold a meeting in this regard on Friday (today) at 10am.
A district administration official said that the DCO had identified five lawyers so far. He said 25 more names will be forwarded on Friday. He said the DCO had also asked the DOC to prepare a report on the attack.
Cantt SP Rana Mansoorul Haq said that no FIR has been received from the DCO’s office yet. He said a police team had been called to the district administration office in the morning, however, the lawyers had dispersed before the police reached the scene.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 21st, 2012.
Several lawyers attacked the district administration office on Thursday and beat up some officials and citizens. They also attacked the office of the district officer coordination (DOC) and the district coordination officer (DCO), who managed to avoid them.
Some officers, wishing not to be named, said that an argument started between some lawyers and DOC Nosheen Jamshed after she refused to sign a domicile certificate questioning its veracity.
They said the lawyers called some of their colleagues and some of them tried to beat the DOC, but a female lawyer helped her escape.
The lawyers then approached the office of DCO Zahid Akhtar Zaman and vandalised his office.
The officials said the lawyers were involved in making faking domiciles after accepting commission from citizens.
They said Jamshed had recently been appointed to monitor the situation. When District Bar President Allah Ditta Kashif arrived at the scene to calm the lawyers, some of them attacked him. Witnesses said the lawyers also attacked some of the visitors to the DCO’s office.
Several senior members of the district bar condemned the attack and have asked the DCO to a act against the culprits.
They also sought a list of the lawyers from the DCO so that disciplinary action may me initiated against them by the bar. They said licences of the lawyers identified by the witnesses may be cancelled. The bar will hold a meeting in this regard on Friday (today) at 10am.
A district administration official said that the DCO had identified five lawyers so far. He said 25 more names will be forwarded on Friday. He said the DCO had also asked the DOC to prepare a report on the attack.
Cantt SP Rana Mansoorul Haq said that no FIR has been received from the DCO’s office yet. He said a police team had been called to the district administration office in the morning, however, the lawyers had dispersed before the police reached the scene.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 21st, 2012.