YouTuber Rajab Butt was assaulted by a group of lawyers at Karachi’s City Court on Monday after a hearing in a case against him over the alleged insult of Islamic symbols, his lawyers and witnesses said. The attack took place after Butt appeared before an additional district and sessions judge, who heard his bail application but adjourned the proceedings without any substantive order. “Today, lawyers and I at my Karachi office were present in the court premises at City Court Karachi during the court appearance with my client Rajab Butt, when a few lawyers attacked Rajab Butt with lethal intent in our presence, as a result of which he was injured,” Butt’s lawyer, Mian Ali Ashfaq, said in a post on X. “Despite our continuous efforts to stop the ongoing beating, it persisted,” he added. According to people present at the court, an exchange of words broke out immediately after the hearing between Butt and several lawyers at the court premises. The argument escalated into a scuffle, after which Butt was beaten. His defence lawyers tried to intervene and stop the assault. Butt was later escorted out of the City Court. Lawyers involved in the confrontation linked it to remarks Butt allegedly made online after an earlier court appearance. “Rajab had said the person who got the case registered against me doesn’t look like a lawyer,” they said. They also said Butt had called for a case to be registered against them.
Rajab Butt assaulted by lawyers at Karachi court
Published on: December 30, 2025 2:24 AM