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Civil society expresses solidarity with Rohingyas

MCCI president urged the UN to come forward for the help of Rohingya Muslims who were being killed

Our Correspondent September 05, 2017

A group of Rohingya refugees takes shelter at the Kutuupalang makeshift refugee camp, after crossing the Myanmar-Bangladesh border today in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, August 26, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

MULTAN: A large number of people protested at Chowk Nawan Shehr to express their anger against the burning of 2,600 homes, beheading of children and displacement of 76,000 member of the Muslim minority from Myanmar.

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They burnt the national flag of Myanmar and chanted slogans against the United Nations and Organisation of Islamic Countries for their mysterious silence on the genocide of Muslims. President of MCCI Khawaja Jalaluddin Roomi urged the UN to come forward for the help of Rohingya Muslims who were being killed.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 5^th, 2017.