KARACHI: Dozens of people from different civil society organisations on Monday staged a demonstration outside the Election Commission of Pakistan’s office protesting against its decision of allowing banned outfits to contest polls with difference names.

Mohammad Ali, Khalid Rao, Asad Zaidi, Waleed Mehmood Sheikh and Asad Gokal leading the protest said removing proscribed persons’ names from the Fourth Schedule just 21 days before the election and lifting the ban on terrorist outfits raised many eyebrows.

They added that the banned organisations were involved in several killings and other criminal activities.

The protestors were carrying placards inscribed with the hate remarks made by the banned organisations and their leaders.

Published in Dawn, July 17th, 2018