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SAHIWAL, April 14: The PML-N activists demonstrated in various parts of the Punjab on Wednesday to protest conviction of ARD president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi. In Sahiwal, a demonstration was held at Liaquat Chowk against the party leader's 23-years imprisonment on sedition charges.
The speakers regretted that the rulers had given a tough time to the court for getting verdict in their favour. PML-N District President Malik Nadeem Kamran claimed that now every worker of the party would follow the guidance of Mr Hashmi for the cause of truth.
The PML-N workers earlier held a meeting, which passed a resolution against the military operation in tribal areas. It also warned that the party would launch fresh agitation if Shahbaz Sharif was arrested on return or deported.
SHEIKHUPURA: Police prevented the ARD from holding a protest demonstration against the conviction of PML-N acting president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi on Wednesday.
A rally, led by PML-N MPA Rao Jehanzeb Khan Qavi, former MPA Haji Muhammad Nawaz, city PML-N vice-president Abbas Hanjra, tehsil president Sardar Irfan Dogar, district youth wing chief organizer Rana Khalil Ahmad Gadi, district Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan president Sardar Sarfraz Nawaz Dogar, Markazi Jamiat Ale Hadith's district chief organizer Suleman Aasi, was taken out. A police contingent, led by city DSP, intercepted them and dispersed them.
Police took into custody seven leaders of the PML-N, the JUP and the MJAP. They included; Rao Jehanzeb Khan Qavi, Haji Nawaz, Abbas Hanjra, Sardar Irfan Dogar, Rana Khalil Gadi, Sardar Sarfraz Nawaz Dogar and Suleman Aasi.
They were shifted to City A-division police station but released later. Police did not allow the PML-N activists to set up a protest camp.
