At the call of Punjab Bar Council, members of the District Bar Multan, Muzaffargarh, Lodhran, Khanewal, Vehari, Pakpattan, Rajanpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Jhang and Leiah on Saturday observed a strike and boycotted their professional duties as a protest against the attack on the lawyers in the premises of District Court Gujrat.
President of DBA Multan Waseem Mumtaz said that culprits involved in manhandling lawyers must be arrested immediately otherwise the DBA members would be forced to continue their protest to express solidarity with the lawyers' community.