PESHAWAR, May 30: The Khyber Union of Journalists will hold a demonstration on Friday in protest against attacks on houses of journalists and hurling of threats to newsmen after the May 12 bloodbath in Karachi.

A KhUJ meeting presided over by its vice-president Samin Jan at the Peshawar Press Club on Wednesday criticised attacks on the residence of cartoonist Zahoor in Peshawar and on the house of journalist Qazi Nasrullah Afridi in Bara by unidentified assailants. It asked the NWFP government to take notice of both incidents and order an inquiry into the attacks.

The meeting condemned the issuance of threatening letters to senior journalists in Karachi and asked the Sindh government to take action against those responsible for this terrorist move.