Missing persons protest: Nawaz orders release of D-Chowk protesters

At least a dozen individuals including protestors, police and media personnel are injured.


Web Desk April 28, 2014
Women police officers arresting Amna Janjua during the protest of the relatives of the missing persons at Jinnah Avenue, near D-Chowk in Islambad on April 28, 2014. PHOTO: INP

ISLAMABAD: Eight men and four women were arrested and another dozen injured when 50 to 60 individuals attempted to register their protest outside Parliament House on Monday, Express News reported.

On the orders of Prime Minister, the Islamabad Police later released the protesters.

Earlier, a scuffle broke out between the police and protesters when the latter, mostly family members and relatives of missing persons, attempted to approach Parliament House.

Amina Masood Janjua, who was leading the protest, was among the arrested.

Several protesters and police personnel suffered injuries, while Jinnah Avenue was closed for traffic. More than 20 tear gas shells were fired by Islamabad Police to control the crowd.

Two hundred elite force personnel of Punjab Police were also called in for reinforcement.

Media personnel were also injured when elite force personnel reportedly prevented them from covering the incident.

Later on Monday, PM Nawaz Sharif said that he disapproved of the police torture on the protesters and directed action against certain police personnel according to a tweet by Radio Pakistan.

The Premier further said that peaceful protest is the democratic of every citizen.



Taking notice of the incident, the Interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has suspended ASP City and ASP secretariat.

Deputy Commissioner Islamabad has also been asked to conduct inquiry into the atrocities committed by the police.

COMMENTS (13)

Gingo | 10 years ago | Reply

Amna Janjua and Fozia Siddiqi, both of them crying justice for the terrorist activities of their relatives and blind Pakistanis sympathizing with them,

Ussama Yaqub | 10 years ago | Reply

Why is in Pakistan, human suffering and tragedy is always subordinate to such noble expressions as "defamation", "honor", "national interest" etc?

I am reminded here of a Thomas Paine quote "“The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes.” Looking at the pictures, I don't doubt it!

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