ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said that two lawyers of Insaf wing were killed and two others were wounded in Daska.
In a statement on Twitter, Khan said that Punjab’s Punjab’s Gullu police again killed innocent citizens and this time in Daska.
Punjab’s Gullu police again kills innocent citizens – this time in Daska.2 PTI lawyers incl Rana Khalid Abbas Pres Daska Bar shot dead. 1/2
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 25, 2015
“Two PTI lawyers including Rana Khalid Abbas President Daska Bar, were shot dead,” he said.
He said that the killing of two lawyers were shocking and outrageous. “Punjab police have become murderers rather than protectors of citizens,” Khan added.
His remarks came after two lawyers, including President of Daska Bar Association, were killed in a clash with police.
2/2 & two other PTI lawyer critically wounded. Shocking & outrageous. Punjab police have become murderers rather than protectors of citizens
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 25, 2015
Protests broke out acorss Punjab after the killings. Lawyers took to the streets in Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala and other cities.
When Model Town gullus go unpunished, then there is little to deter the police from committing murder again and again.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 25, 2015
The office of DSP in Daska was set on fire as policemen fled the scene.