LAHORE: Police on Sunday registered a case against torture of Punjab Assembly deputy speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari and hooliganism inside the premises during the election of the chief minister.
The case was registered on the complaint of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Shahzad Manzoor at Qila Gujjar Singh police station under charges of attempt to murder, interference in governmental affairs and other relevant sections.
Mazari was attacked with lotas by treasury MPs during the election of the chief minister. He was taken out of the building by police and the security detail of the assembly.
He, however, later carried out the proceedings which resulted in Hamza Shehbaz becoming the chief minister, by securing some two dozen votes from defecting members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Shehbaz has also announced his intention to hold an inquiry into the brawl in which the lawmakers attacked Mazari and Speaker Pervaiz Elahi.
