Rawalpindi civil judge injured in alleged attack by advocate

Police registered an FIR under the Anti-Terrorism Act after the judge, identified as M.M., needed five to six stitches on his head at a Rawalpindi hospital.

A civil judge, identified as M.M., was critically injured after an alleged attack by an advocate at the Rawalpindi judicial complex on Tuesday.

Police registered an FIR against the suspect under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act at the Civil Lines police station.

Doctors at Benazir Bhutto Hospital used five to six stitches to close cuts on the judge's head.

According to sources, the advocate, identified as A.N., threw a glass at the judge after a verbal exchange.

Separately, police took the president of the Municipal Labour Union, Raja Haroon Rasheed, into custody over a May 9 violence case.

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