PESHAWAR, Oct 1: The journalist community, backed by opposition parties, lawyers and human rights activists, continued their protest for the second day on Monday here to condemn the government’s use of force against mediapersons and lawyers.
A procession was taken out here from the press club which marched towards the Governor ’s House. The protesters were led by Khyber Union of Journalists president Jan Afzal, Peshawar High Court Bar Association president Abdul Latif Afridi, Awami National Party’s Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Jamaat-i-Islami NWFP Amir Sirajul Haq, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party’s Mukhtar Yousafzai and Pakistan Muslim League (N)’s Arshad Qureshi.
They strongly condemned the police high-handedness and said that time had come now to launch a decisive movement against the present regime. They said the struggle launched by lawyers and journalists against the military regime would go down in history in golden words.
The days were not far away when people of the country would be freed from the shackles of tyranny, they claimed.
A heavy-contingent of baton-wielding police force prevented the procession from reaching the main gate of the Governor House.
KOHAT: Lawyers here termed the September 29 incident as the darkest day in the history of the country, which proved, they said, that President Gen Pervez Musharraf was the cruellest and most cunning dictator.
Lawyers here observed a black day and boycotted court proceedings to condemn the torture on journalists and lawyers.
They brought out a procession from the courts and gathered at the Hangu square where senior lawyers and office-bearers of the Kohat Bar Association delivered speeches.
Former MPA Aurangzeb advocate in his speech vowed that their struggle for supremacy of law, Constitution and freedom of speech would continue come what may.
LAKKI MARWAT: Lawyers boycotted court proceedings here on Monday on the call of Pakistan Bar Council and held a protest demonstration.
UPPER DIR: Journalists and lawyers took out a joint protest rally here and condemned police brutalities against their colleagues in Islamabad and Peshawar.