‘protesting against: FCR’ FATA student leader arrested
Shaukat Aziz was rounded up of the Maintenance of Public Order after he chanted slogans against a tribal chief
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SHABQADAR:
The Peshawar district administration has arrested the Fata Student Organisation’s (FSO) central president for ‘protesting’ against the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR). Shaukat Aziz was rounded up under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order after he chanted slogans against a tribal chief who spoke in favour of the FCR during a grand Jirga called by the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions last week. “After his arrest, Aziz has been sent to the Central Jail, Peshawar,” said FSO female wing general-secretary Samreen Wazir. “We will hold a protest in Peshawar if he is not released by tomorrow.” She claimed that the FSO peacefully carried out their protest, saying: “It is our political right to chant slogans against the FCR, and the arrest defies the spirit of democracy.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 10th, 2016.
The Peshawar district administration has arrested the Fata Student Organisation’s (FSO) central president for ‘protesting’ against the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR). Shaukat Aziz was rounded up under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order after he chanted slogans against a tribal chief who spoke in favour of the FCR during a grand Jirga called by the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions last week. “After his arrest, Aziz has been sent to the Central Jail, Peshawar,” said FSO female wing general-secretary Samreen Wazir. “We will hold a protest in Peshawar if he is not released by tomorrow.” She claimed that the FSO peacefully carried out their protest, saying: “It is our political right to chant slogans against the FCR, and the arrest defies the spirit of democracy.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 10th, 2016.