PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party has announced nationwide protest rallies today (Monday) against the enforced disappearance of people in different provinces to build pressure on the government for safe recovery of the missing persons.

In a statement issued here on Sunday, ANP central spokesman Zahid Khan said party’s central senior vice-president Amir Haider Khan Hoti would lead a protest rally in Mardan while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter president Aimal Wali Khan would lead a demonstration in Charsadda.

The presidents of other provinces will lead processions in their respective areas, he said, adding a protest rally in Buner would be led by provincial general secretary Sardar Hussain Babak.

Samar Haroon Bilour will lead a rally in Nowshera to express sympathies with the families of the missing persons. In addition to ANP workers other democracy-loving people would also participate in the rallies, Zahid Khan said.

Published in Dawn, February 22nd, 2021

Opinion

Editorial

Impending slaughter
Updated 07 May, 2024

Impending slaughter

Seven months into the slaughter, there are no signs of hope.
Wheat investigation
07 May, 2024

Wheat investigation

THE Shehbaz Sharif government is in a sort of Catch-22 situation regarding the alleged wheat import scandal. It is...
Naila’s feat
07 May, 2024

Naila’s feat

IN an inspirational message from the base camp of Nepal’s Mount Makalu, Pakistani mountaineer Naila Kiani stressed...
Plugging the gap
06 May, 2024

Plugging the gap

IN Pakistan, bias begins at birth for the girl child as discriminatory norms, orthodox attitudes and poverty impede...
Terrains of dread
Updated 06 May, 2024

Terrains of dread

Restored faith in the police is unachievable without political commitment and interprovincial support.
Appointment rules
Updated 06 May, 2024

Appointment rules

If the judiciary had the power to self-regulate, it ought to have exercised it instead of involving the legislature.