Lawyers disguise themselves as wedding party to dodge police
With the police cracking down on lawyers participating in a countrywide protest in Pakistan, some members of the legal fraternity disguised themselves as a wedding party to dodge law enforcers and reach the venue of a demonstration.
With the police cracking down on lawyers participating in a countrywide protest in Pakistan, some members of the legal fraternity disguised themselves as a wedding party to dodge law enforcers and reach the venue of a demonstration.
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Around 150 lawyers reached the Rawalpindi district court by pretending to be part of a 'baraat' or wedding procession. The group from Phalia sub-district in Punjab province fooled police with getting two lawyers to pose as the bride and groom.
While Amir Shahzad Gondal was the 'groom', Yasmeen Tahir was his 'bride' – and the rest of the lawyers were 'baaratis'. Some even carried 'dholkis' and 'bajas' – musical instruments – to trick the police.
On reaching the court building on Saturday, the 'bridegroom' got out of his car and threw off his 'sehra' or ceremonial headgear while the 'bride' exchanged her bridal 'lehnga' for casual clothes.
The lawyers shouted 'Chief Zindabad' and other slogans in support of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who was deposed by former President Pervez Musharraf for not endorsing the 2007 emergency.
Rezaul Hasan Laskar is Foreign Editor with the Hindustan Times, which he joined in 2015. He began as a journalist in his hometown of Shillong in northeast India and has worked in newspapers and wire services over the years. He moved to New Delhi in 1997 and initially focused on defence, national security, Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast, while also working of foreign policy and international relations. He has been part of the media delegation accompanying PMs on foreign visits and has reported from destinations ranging from Tibet to Ukraine. Between 2007 and 2013, he was the Press Trust of India correspondent in Pakistan, one of only two Indian journalists allowed to report from the country. He extensively covered Pakistan’s domestic politics and the life of the common people, as well as the fallout of the 2008 Mumbai attacks on India-Pakistan relations and the subsequent trial in Pakistan of the suspects involved in the attack. As part of his reportage in Pakistan, he travelled the breadth of the country, from the Swat Valley to Balochistan. Reza’s first gig in journalism was writing a weekly music column, and music – especially classic rock – remains a keen interest. He is also a movie buff and a keen photographer.
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