HYDERABAD, Nov 1: A large number of journalists belonging to print and electronic media held a big rally on Saturday on a call given by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) to condemn police inaction in recovering the kidnapped father of former president of the Hyderabad Press Club, Lala Rehman Samoon.

Lala’s father Jam Nawaz Hussain Samoon was kidnapped on Sept 21 in the limits of Makki Shah police station when he left his home for offering morning prayers. Police have picked up a number of suspects and interrogated them but they have so far failed to recover the hostage.

Jamaat-i-Islami leaders Abdul Waheed Qureshi, Mushtaq Ahmed Khan, Pakhtoon Khwa Milli Awami Party’s Saleem Tareen and vice-president of High Court Bar Association Abdul Rehman Sheikh also joined the rally.

The participants of the rally signed a memorandum, which stated that the culprits had been identified but police had still been unable to recover the journalist’s father.

The memorandum was later presented to police.

In Sanghar, journalists held a rally and staged a sit-in outside the press club here on Saturday, demanding safe and early recovery of Jam Nawab Hussain.