Friday, January 13, 2012

JI stages sit-in for missing persons in Karachi

KARACHI: Jamaat-i -Islami (JI) on Friday staged a sit-in outside the Police Headquarters in Karachi against the growing incidents of illegal detentions and kidnapping of citizens by police and other law enforcing agencies. The protest led by JI Secretary General Liquat Baloch after the Friday prayer was attended by a large number of citizens, political workers and family members of the missing persons. After offering the Friday prayer at New Memon Masjid on M A Jinnah Road the protestors marched towards the police head office chanting slogans against the police and LEAs. Families including children, wives, and mothers of the missing persons holding placards and banners participated in the protest. Baloch and Mohammad...