GUJRAT: The legal fraternity of Pindi Bhattian tehsil, Hafizabad district, is observing strike to register protest against the murder of a senior lawyer and three-time former president of tehsil bar Qamar Javed Gujjar.

Also a PTI-backed independent candidate from PP-39, Mr Gujjar was gunned down by four unidentified armed men riding two motorbikes when he was on way to a mosque located close to his house in Kot Nikka.

The assailants managed to flee the scene soon after the incident. Police shifted the body to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital.

Police have registered a case.

Published in Dawn, February 16th, 2025

Opinion

Editorial

Mineral wealth
Updated 10 Apr, 2025

Mineral wealth

The Baloch unrest is partly the result of the belief that the province’s resources are being used for the rest of the country rather than for Balochistan’s economic development.
Senate shortfalls
10 Apr, 2025

Senate shortfalls

THE latest Citizens’ Report by Pildat on the performance of the Senate of Pakistan is a sobering account of...
Crypto coup
10 Apr, 2025

Crypto coup

IT is quite the coup. One of the most recognisable names in the global cryptocurrency market has been roped in by ...
Following through
Updated 09 Apr, 2025

Following through

Reconciliation, development, and deradicalisation initiatives cannot remain dormant words in a policy document.
Robe rebellion
09 Apr, 2025

Robe rebellion

THE unrest within the Islamabad High Court shows no sign of abating, and it is perhaps just as well that the ...
Fearing birth
09 Apr, 2025

Fearing birth

AMID dramatic aid cuts, the WHO has sounded the alarm about the dangers to Pakistan’s mothers and newborns, asking...