LAHORE, Jan 6: The South Asian Fraternity organized a peace walk here on Sunday in the wake of the Indo-Pakistan border tension.

The walk started from Nasser Bagh’s gate No 1 and terminated peacefully at gate No 2.

Dr Mubashar Hassan, Dr Anwar Sajjad, Munir Niazi, Madiha Gohar, Shujaat Hashmi, Dr Ajmal Niazi, Ashraf Saleemi, Saleem Qureshi and Farrukh Suhail Goindi were prominent among the participants.

They were carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans like ‘We want peace not war; No to war; No to terrorism; fight against war’.

Speaking to the participants in the walk, Dr Mubashar Hassan said that South Asia needed peace and prosperity and the people of this region can not afford nuclear war. He said that we all condemn the incident of September 11 at the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.

He appreciated President Gen Pervez Musharraf for his bold handshake with Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee at the Saarc Summit.—APP