KARACHI: Anti-govt demo

Published November 8, 2007

KARACHI, Nov 7: Activists of several civil society organisations and student groups from different colleges and universities gathered at an intersection near the Agha’s Super Market, Clifton, on Wednesday and staged a demonstration against the imposition of emergency rule and the ongoing crackdown on lawyers, political activists and media people.

According to a statement issued by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Karachi, the demonstrators holding placards and banners, raised slogans against Gen Pervez Musharraf and the imposition of emergency. They were demanding restoration of fundamental rights and release of all those arrested after the emergency was declared.—Staff Reporter

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