GUJAR KHAN, Oct 7: The Pind Dadan Khan police registered on Saturday a case against 15 journalists, four lawyers and two unknown persons for holding an anti-government protest rally a week ago, officials said on Sunday.

The officials, who wished not to be identified, told this correspondent that the case was registered under section 188 and 16 MPO.

Local media persons backed by the lawyers’ community and people from different walks of life on September 30 brought out a rally to protest against the brutalities of the Islamabad police outside the Chief Election Commissioner’s office on September 29.

Those who have been booked are Chaudhry Akhtar Arain, Younis Naz, Akhtar Ali Shah, Shabir Awan, Amir Raza, Ramzan Khokar, Abdul Sattar Azad, Mohammad Amjad, Malik Shuja Haider, Chaudhry Ameer Hamid, Irshad Hussain, Azhar Imran, Abdullah, Younis Shahbaz, Khwaja Nadeem Mushtaq, Qazi Mohammad Umar, Masood Bhatti, Shaukat Hayat and Asghar Baloch.

Representatives of different journalist unions and office- bearers of local press clubs have condemned the registration of the case against media persons and lawyers. —Correspondent