PESHAWAR: Parties and traders organised protest rallies here on Wednesday to condemn killing of innocent Palestinians at the hands of Israeli forces, and demanded of the United Nations to play its role in ending the violence.

Jamaat-i-Islami took out a rally in Chowk Yadgar. JI provincial chief Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan and others spoke on the occasion.

Traders Alliance Peshawar also held a protest demonstration outside the press club. The alliance’s president Mujeebur Rehman and others expressed solidarity with the oppressed Palestinians. They called for liberation of Al-Quds.

Pakistan Peoples Party activists held a rally to express solidarity with the people of Palestine.

Published in Dawn, May 13th, 2021

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