Extremists disrupt dance programme in Larkana

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Unidentified men forced the cancellation of a spring fair after they objected to the presence of dancing girls.—APP/File

LARKANA Unidentified men forced the cancellation of a spring fair near Larkana on Friday after they objected to the presence of dancing girls.

According to organisers, the 'hoodlums belonged to the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam'. However a JUI leader, Abdul Razzak Abid Lakho, disowned the assailants, saying that 'we had merely requested the organisers to stop the dance. We have nothing to do with the disruption.'

Sources in Waggan town said a group of JUI workers pulled up at the exhibition ground after Friday prayers and told the organisers to cancel the 'vulgar dance' and expel the 12 dancers. 'Otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences'. 

The men had brought with them a number of veils in order to shame the authorities. The terrorised dancers left the scene immediately and the organisers had no option but to cancel the programme.

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