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Gunmen Fire on Ex-LHC Judge’s Office in Rawalpindi as Police Invoke Terror Laws

Police registered FIR 2180/25 invoking anti-terror laws.

Overview

  • Masked attackers on a motorcycle shot at Hassan Raza Pasha’s office on High Court Road late Friday, shattering the glass door and damaging equipment.
  • No injuries were reported, and Pasha, a Pakistan Bar Council member and former Lahore High Court judge, was out of the country.
  • Chakala police filed FIR No. 2180/25 on HCBA Secretary General Khalil Ahmad Malik’s complaint under Section 427 PPC, Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Lawyers’ Protection and Welfare Act, 2023.
  • Investigators collected spent shell casings, secured CCTV from Sami Plaza, and formed technical teams under senior officers including SSP Investigation Talha Wali and SP Potohar.
  • District and High Court bar bodies staged a strike that halted Rawalpindi court proceedings, forcing adjournments and sending prisoners back to Adiala Jail.