An advocated named Zain Gaffar was murdered in Defence on Wednesday.
Reports said that Zain was fighting his brother’s murder case in the court who was murdered six months ago due to a property feud over 300 kanals of land in Gujranwala.The Gujranwala police had advised Ghaffar to remain cautious.
On Wednesday, unidentified armed motorcyclists came to Zain’s house in Y block, Defence Housing Authority (DHA) and opened fire at him on his doorstep and escaped.
The police took the dead body in custody for further investigations.
LBA ANNOUNCES STRIKE: Lahore Bar Association and the Punjab Bar Council announced a strike against the ruthless murder of their colleague, calling for the perpetrators to be punished.
LHCBA CONDEMNS: The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on Wednesday condemned killing of its member Advocate Zain Ghaffar.
In a statement, LHCBA President Abid Saqi and other office bearers condemned the killing and termed it a governmental failure. They said lawyer were continually targeted despite repeated requests for protection.
They demanded the government to arrest the accused and give them exemplary punishment.