Karachi doctors observe black day to condemn hospital attack.

KARACHI -- The Young Doctors Association of Sindh staged protests on Thursday outside the medical superintendent's office at Civil Hospital, Karachi, to condemn how lawyers attacked the Punjab Institute of Cardiology in Lahore. The doctors held placards with slogans against lawyers. They expressed their support for doctors in Lahore. Doctors and paramedics in YDA Karachi Units including Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK), National Institute of Child Health (NICH), Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Sindh Government Lyari General Hospital and others staged protests to observe the back day. Almost 25 doctors were injured a day earlier. PIC's windows were smashed and nurses and paramedical staff were attacked with sticks and stones. A police mobile car was burned, as was a check post.

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