QUETTA, Nov 8: Journalists held a demonstration outside the press club here on Thursday in protest against the imposition of emergency, new curbs on media and crackdown on lawyers, media persons and political activists.

The protesters had covered their mouths with black cloth as a symbol of press gag.

They vowed to continue their struggle against black laws to protect fundamental rights of the people and media freedom.

Meanwhile, lawyers continued the boycott of court proceedings for the fourth day.A spokesman for the Balochistan Bar Association (BBA) said members of the BBA would abide by the decision of the PBC and would continue their struggle against the government.

He said they would not appear before judges who had taken the oath under the Provisional Constitution Order.