LHC bench sends back petitions against lawyers' arrest to Chief Justice.

LAHORE -- A bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday sent the petitions challenging arrests of lawyers in attack on the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), to the chief justice for transfer of the case to another bench, media reported.

The division bench of the high court headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, summoned president of the high court bar Hafeez-ur-Rehman in chamber. The Bar's leader requested the bench to transfer the case to another bench of the high court.

The bench on the plea of the high court bar sent the case to the chief justice for hearing in another bench of the court.

Around 12 people were died after a mob of lawyers attacked Punjab Institute of Cardiology in Lahore, in clash with doctors. The lawyers ransacked the hospital, interrupted heart surgeries, thrashed attendants of the...