Lawyer who attacked Fayyazul Hassan Chohan identified.

LAHORE -- Police on Sunday identified a lawyer who had attacked Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan outside Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), media reported.

According to police, the lawyer has been identified as Abdul Majid and is a resident of Lahore's Harbanspura. Police raided his house to arrest him but the accused fled the scene before the arrival of police.

Fayyazul Hassan Chohan was slapped and tortured by outrageous lawyers outside Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) hospital in Lahore.

The lawyers, who were protesting inside PIC hospital, slapped and severely tortured Punjab's information minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan when he arrived at the hospital's premises to hold talks with them.

Prime Minister Imran Khan later telephoned Chohan and appreciated his courage for expressing restraint over lawyers' vicious attack over the PIC.

The lawyers' attack at the hospital on December 11 had left at least six people dead and forced several others...

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