PP-167 clash: Atta Tarar suspends SHO for failing to maintain law and order.

LAHORE -- The Punjab Interior Minister Attaullah Tarar on Sunday while condemning the attack on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Nazir Chauhan suspended the SHO Johar Town for failing to maintain law and order during the by-election in constituency PP-167 in Lahore.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers clashed with one another before the by-election in constituency PP-167 in Lahore on Saturday. The two sides have accused each other of firing, while sons of the government's candidate Nazir Chauhan and PTI's candidate Khalid Gujjar have also been injured in the incident.

During a press conference in Lahore, the Punjab Interior Minister Attaullah Tarar said that the concerned SP will call for report on why weapons were not banned.

"Nazir Chauhan was fatally attacked", he said.

The Interior Minister explained that candidates are...

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