Lawyers in northwestern Pakistan today boycotted courts demanding more security, a day after Taliban suicide bombers stormed a court in the volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and killed a lawyer and six others. <br/><br/>The one-day strike was called to protest growing incidents of terror attacks on the judiciary in the province and press the government to make court premises more secure and safe.<br/><br/>A Taliban splinter group, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, claimed responsibility for yesterday's attack, in which the bombers opened fire and threw grenades as they attempted to enter the sessions court premises in Tangi, some 30 kms away from the provincial capital Peshawar, prompting retaliatory fire by security forces.

Lawyers in northwestern Pakistan today boycotted courts demanding more security, a day after Taliban suicide bombers stormed a court in the volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and killed a lawyer and six others. <br/><br/>The one-day strike was called to protest growing incidents of terror attacks on the judiciary in the province and press the government to make court premises more secure and safe.<br/><br/>A Taliban splinter group, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, claimed responsibility for yesterday's attack, in which the bombers opened fire and threw grenades as they attempted to enter the sessions court premises in Tangi, some 30 kms away from the provincial capital Peshawar, prompting retaliatory fire by security forces.