Shahbaz Sharif told police to manhandle lawyers: Kurd

Ali Ahmed Kurd's report claims the police were ordered by the Punjab chief minister to teach the black coats a...

Senior lawyer Ali Ahmed Kurd's report on lawyers manhandling in Lahore, claims the police were ordered by the Punjab chief minister to teach the black coats a lesson.

The Supreme Court was hearing a suo motu case of the police torture on lawyers in Lahore last month.

Kurd who is a member of the investigation committee probing the issue presented his report in the court.

The report alleged that the Punjab Chief Minister, the Lahore High Court Chief Justice and the Punjab Chief Secretary issued orders for police to torture lawyers.



Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry observed that Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif should not have issued such an order.

The court asked IG Punjab Tariq Saleem Dogar to take action against the police officials involved in the case. It also adjourned the hearing till October 19.

IG Punjab Tariq Saleem Dogar said that a verbal order had been given by the chief minister.

Earlier this month, police reportedly entered the Lahore district courts, known as Aiwan-e-Adl – including bar rooms and library – and mercilessly thrashed the lawyers. Several lawyers, among them women, were wounded in the mayhem.