Posted on 11/25/2017 6:47:17 AM PST by BenLurkin
Activists from various religious parties thronged the Faisal Chowk (Charing Cross Chowk) on Mall Road on Saturday afternoon on the call of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYR) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi on the social media following the government’s crackdown on the participants of the protest sit-in at Faizabad Interchange in Islamabad on the orders of the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
Surprisingly, there was no police presence in the most sensitive location in Lahore which houses the Punjab Assembly, headquarters of the Lahore Police, and provincial headquarters of the country’s premier intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
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One of the protesters told Pakistan Today that they have gathered there in response to Khadim Hussain Rizvi’s call on Facebook, following which Twitter, Facebook and Youtube were shut down in Pakistan. Meanwhile, one of the commuters said that he has no problem with the protest as they are protesting for a “sacred” cause, adding that the protest is not just Tehreek-e-Labaik’s protest.
Another protester, Abdur Rahim Shah, said that they were protesting in the name of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), adding that “the cause is bigger than anything”.
(Excerpt) Read more at pakistantoday.com.pk ...
Not rebels. Not even rioters.
"Activists"
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