LAHORE – A group of people involved in a nasty brawl with officials ofFrontier Works Organisation (FWO) has nothing to do with the Chief Justiceof Pakistan, Mian Saqib Nisar, it has been learnt.
It all started with a video, captioned “Motorway Police manhandled by thestaff of the CJP”, which shows a number of lawyers violently engaging theFWO officials over the issue of toll tax payment at Kala Shah Kakuinterchange.
A motorist, travelling on Lahore-Islamabad motorway, claimed in his videothat it was the CJP’s staff roughing up the highway officials. But, soon asthe video went viral, the National Highway and Motorways Police (NH&MP)termed it a clear misrepresentation of facts. “The persons on duty are notthe officers of Motorway Police but are, in fact, staff members of FWOtasked with toll collection,” it confirmed in a tweet.[image: Embedded video]link
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Disclaimer: A video circulating on social media with the caption “MotorwayPolice manhandled by the staff of the CJP” is a clear misrepresentation offacts.The persons on duty are not the officers of Motorway Police butare,in fact,staff members of FWO tasked with toll collection94 link1:09 PM – Nov 18, 2018link
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Later, it was revealed that the scuffle actually involved a senior lawyerfrom Punjab’s Gujranwala district and his associates, who got furious whentheir vehicle was stopped by the motorway officials for toll tax paymentdespite an e-tag pasted on the windscreen.
However, the black coats’ aggressive moves cost them heavily and they werebeaten up by the FWO staff in retaliation. And Saeed Bhutta advocate, amember of Punjab Bar Council and local leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf,along with his associates, went all black and blue after the fight.
