Pakistan lawyers strike over arrest of colleagues in assault
13/12/2019 17:59
Pakistani lawyers went on strike, demanding authorities release dozens of their colleagues arrested after storming a hospital this week in the eastern city of Lahore and beating up doctors and medical staff there. Three patients at the cardiology hospital died when physicians and medics left them unattended for several hours Wednesday to escape the mob of about 500 lawyers who had descended on the facility. Police used tear gas and eventually brought the situation under control but much of the hospital was trashed. The lawyers claim they were enraged by alleged misbehavior by some of the doctors at the state-owned hospital toward one of their colleagues last month. Authorities on Thursday raised charges of treason against 250 of the lawyers. According to police, so far, 80 of those charged have been arrested.
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