Lawyers fired shots, attempted to kidnap me: Fayyaz Chohan.

LAHORE -- Punjab Information Minister Fayyaz Chohan said on Wednesday that lawyers fired shots and attempted to kidnap him when he tried to resolve the conflict between lawyers and doctors at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC).

"I tried to mediate on the directions of the chief minister but they [lawyers] thrashed me," he said. "They tried to kidnap me and even opened fire at me."

Chohan said that the government will register FIRs against all responsible for the violence and hand them exemplary punishments.

He said that after arriving at the hospital and had 10 lawyers arrested. The minister said that he had the lawyers arrested for their protection against police shelling.

"When I ran from the lawyers because they tried to kidnap me, I heard shots being fired," he said. "The blame for this violence goes to the lawyers. We will register FIRs against them."

Punjab Minister for Information Fayyaz ul Hasan Chohan who arrived at the hospital was manhandled by the lawyers who tore at his clothes and hair. The provincial minister could...