In pictures: Day of terror, violence as lawyers storm Lahore cardiac hospital
Three patients die as more than 200 lawyers protest at PIC, vandalise property.
At least three heart patients died on Wednesday after a protest by a group of lawyers against doctors at Lahore's Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) turned violent.
More than 200 lawyers, who had ongoing issues with the doctors of PIC, stormed the hospital, vandalising property and damaging dozens of vehicles of visitors and setting ablaze a police van, according to Punjab Health Minister Yasmeen Rashid.
Patients, some in ambulances, were unable to reach the hospital while those receiving treatment were left unattended due to the chaos. Prime Minister Imran Khan, who ordered an inquiry into the incident, directed the Punjab government to take stern action against all those involved in the attack.
Header image: Police officers scuffle with angry lawyers during a clash in Lahore on Wednesday. — AP
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Dec 11, 2019 11:21pm
Total uncivilized and barbaric acts by lawyers!
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Dec 11, 2019 11:24pm
I am disappointed with the lawyers of a democratic Pakistan acting like rebels.
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Dec 11, 2019 11:38pm
Wow, these guys should know better.
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Dec 12, 2019 12:28am
Cancel their licence immediately. :)
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Dec 12, 2019 12:33am
Another one by lawyers
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Dec 12, 2019 12:54am
The mob in suit.
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Dec 12, 2019 01:01am
They fooled us 12 years ago. The so called educated class of lawyers should know better.
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Dec 12, 2019 01:05am
Show big pictures of lawyers doing the damage not only the ones captured by police.
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Dec 12, 2019 01:30am
These lawyers are supposed to be the informed and educated of our society?
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Dec 12, 2019 01:33am
Shameful!
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Dec 12, 2019 01:36am
Please cancel their law licenses.
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Dec 12, 2019 01:58am
There should be an exemplary punishment for this!
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Dec 12, 2019 02:10am
They should be tried by ATC and deisqualified from practicing law.
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Dec 12, 2019 02:23am
Law is becoming unlawful!
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Dec 12, 2019 02:30am
These liars are out of control...if not punished this time, violence will continue...Punjab Government totally failed.
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Dec 12, 2019 02:35am
these are the so called educated young lawyers, just 200 or so. they created havoc. government must deal with stern action of all those 200.
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Dec 12, 2019 02:40am
Missing Musharraf.
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Dec 12, 2019 02:44am
Practice?
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Dec 12, 2019 03:02am
Shameful display of hooliganism by the so called lawyers. I feel ashamed of their behavior to call them people of the law.
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Dec 12, 2019 03:04am
This incident is like a tip of the iceberg of many deep problems in the whole system.
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Dec 12, 2019 03:22am
Keep in mind lawyers are from punjab - what you expect from them?
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Dec 12, 2019 03:28am
Fake Lawyers out of control.
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Dec 12, 2019 03:56am
catch them ow
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Dec 12, 2019 04:11am
And these are supposed to be educated people.
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Dec 12, 2019 04:18am
An exemplary punishment to these low IQ lawyers is demanded by the public. This is real bad for the government if no action taken. Involved must be charged to pay for the destruction of government and public properties.
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Dec 12, 2019 04:40am
I thought these lawyers were educated..!
If educated people act in this way I feel sorry for the ordinary citizen.
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Dec 12, 2019 04:53am
What a stupid way for protest.Attacking a Hospital?Shame on them.
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Dec 12, 2019 05:03am
Shame
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Dec 12, 2019 06:24am
Extremely shameful. Extreme!
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Dec 12, 2019 06:32am
I am a retired lawyer. Have practiced law for 25 years in Karachi. In my days we also took our protest rallies but respected law and the people. The pictures here abundantly evidence that these guys only got degrees other they are ignorant, irresponsible law breaking group of people. Government must take stern action against these lawyers. Three patients lost their lives because of these thirdrate 'lawyers'.
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Dec 12, 2019 06:36am
'Terror' by Lawyers !
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Dec 12, 2019 06:37am
It is a sad state of affairs and out of hand
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Dec 12, 2019 06:38am
sad
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Dec 12, 2019 06:42am
Same to same in India.
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Dec 12, 2019 06:48am
Lawyers hold the law, this was unforgivable on the parts of lawyer. How can they can uphold the law they practice. They were not beaten enough.
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Dec 12, 2019 06:59am
In any country, certain groups of people always have different sets of rules. What to do? Who is going to bell the cats? Sad loss of life of innocent patients
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Dec 12, 2019 07:37am
Very very sad. No human touch. Insensitivity of lawyers is highly painful.
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Dec 12, 2019 08:18am
Lawyers are the worst in this country
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Dec 12, 2019 08:19am
Doctors vs lawyers, what’s next?
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Dec 12, 2019 08:26am
what imran khan doing
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Dec 12, 2019 08:27am
I am still guessing what was the purpose of the all this nonsense ... If the so called educated segment of the society knows only this way of registering their interest then what do you expect from the people who are not even high school pass.
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Dec 12, 2019 08:31am
Indeed, total lawlessness demonstrated by lawless lawyers.
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Dec 12, 2019 08:32am
Shame on these so called lawyers. They are criminals, gangsters and deserve the worst possible punishment for attacking the hospital.
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Dec 12, 2019 09:02am
These lawyers should be punished for the death of three heart patients.
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Dec 12, 2019 09:02am
These lawyers are supposed to be champions of our legal system.. Shame!
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Dec 12, 2019 10:01am
Immediate and forceful punishment needed.
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Dec 12, 2019 10:06am
Give a list of those involved, with photos, to all Bar Councils, asking them to ban them permanently, within 24 hours.
Ban the Bar Councils if they refuse to do so.
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Dec 12, 2019 10:10am
Mob mentality prevailing in our region. Why?
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Dec 12, 2019 10:18am
How shameful! When people who study law of the land, have no respect for the law of the land. Their licenses should be terminated and they should be barred from practicing law.
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Dec 12, 2019 10:21am
Don't let these hooligans go free. Give these hooligans the severest punishment possible.
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Dec 12, 2019 10:30am
@A Student, Wallah I am missing that man more than I ever thought I would - though I knew we would miss him but this is a whole new level. He shouldn't have left us with these barbarians.
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Dec 12, 2019 10:48am
Punjab govt should bring these hooligans to book.
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Dec 12, 2019 11:07am
Strict action should be taken with no mercy
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Dec 12, 2019 11:13am
Utterly disgraceful for all of us Pakistanis.
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Dec 12, 2019 11:14am
@Reader, charge them under AT laws in the ATC. Teach a harsh lesson.
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Dec 12, 2019 11:22am
Government should take stern action against them. Cancel their license and put them in jail for creating havoc. They should be held responsible for the death of three patients. When so called educated are behaving like ordinary illiterate people then what to expect from others.
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Dec 12, 2019 11:28am
Shame
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Dec 12, 2019 11:34am
This is totally barbaric, uncouth and intimidating. Govt is responsible which let is happen in broad daylights. Excesses from lawyers community need to be curbed now. they need to be sorted out.
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Dec 12, 2019 11:48am
when ever i saw such assaults and riots, i pschycologically enter into the zone of power structures explained by Michel Foucault and Naom Chomsky.
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Dec 12, 2019 12:05pm
All I can say is, shame on protesting 'so called lawyers'.
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Dec 12, 2019 01:49pm
Lawyers involved in this incidence should be dealt with strictly. Their licenses be cancelled and they should be taken to task. Their uncivilized act has put a dirty mark on the society and especially lawyer community.
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Dec 12, 2019 02:04pm
Lawless state, lawfully unlawful
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Dec 12, 2019 02:37pm
These people should be marked as murderers, illiterate people
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Dec 12, 2019 06:29pm
"Cancel their licence immediately. :)" The body that can cancel the license, is themselves.
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Dec 13, 2019 07:00pm
Simply shameful and unacceptable!!
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Dec 13, 2019 07:03pm
@Amir- FB Area, Karachi, What do you mean just clarify.
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