Court orders FIA to conduct inquiry against Dr. Irfan for allegedly provoking lawyers-doctors clash.

LAHORE -- A district and sessions court in Lahore on Saturday ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to conduct an inquiry against Grand Health Alliance (GHA) Punjab Chairman Dr. Irfan for allegedly provoking a clash between doctors and lawyers as it could be seen in a video clip that went viral on the social media a day before the lawyers stormed the Punjab Institute of Cardiology in Lahore on Dec. 11.

Additional session judge Amjad Ali Shah presided over a petition filed by advocate Haider Zaman for registration of a case against Dr Irfan.

The petitioner contended that the lawyers were humiliated by Dr Irfan of the PIC, and it was a well thought out and organised conspiracy to instigate lawyers.

It further argued that Dr Irfan's speech was a cause of human lives, and the FIA had been approached by the lawyers for initiation of a case...

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