IHC attack: Court sends four arrested lawyers to jail on judicial remand

Dunya News

The lawyers had held IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah hostage.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad has on Thursday sent four arrested lawyers to jail on judicial remand in the case pertaining to attack on the Islamabad High Court (IHC).

Police produced the nominated lawyers in the FIR – including Zafar Ali Waraich, Naveed Malik, Sheikh Shoaib and Nazia Bibi – before the court.

Let it be known that the counsels had stopped hearings in all courts, held IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah hostage and vandalized the high court’s building. The lawyers had also snatched cell phones of journalists and deleted videos.