Twelve injured during clash at Sunni Ittehad Long March
Sunni Ittehad council workers try to torch containers during long march in Rawalpindi.
Twelve people were injured during a clash between participants of the Sunni Ittehad Council's Long March and police at Sawaan bridge in Rawalpindi on Saturday.
The Long March was stopped at Sawaan bridge after authorities blocked the road with containers. Police shelled participants of the rally after which they retaliated. The rally participants also tried to torch containers on the road.
Earlier, Police had arrested hundreds of Sunni Ittehad Council workers and activists as the Council started a long march from Islamabad to protest against what they claimed to be the government's inability to arrest terrorists involved in the attack on Hazrat Data Ganj Baksh’s shrine in Lahore in July.
Sunni Ittehad Council Chairman Sahibzada Fazal Karim is leading the march. He said that the thousands of people will get out on to the streets today and unless all the demands of the Council are not met, the protests will continue.
According to Express 24/7 correspondent Sohail Chaudhry, more than 150 activists hade been arrested by the police.
The Punjab government has also said that the procession will not be allowed to stage a rally in front of the Data Darbar as it will not be good for the law and order situation.
Demonstrators marched in Lahore yesterday after the Sunni Ittehad Council urged the government to not grant clemency to Aasia Bibi, a Christian mother sentenced to death for blasphemy.
The march is supposed to end at the Data Darbar in Lahore.
Meanwhile, in Karachi, security was on high alert as the three-day long urs of Abdullah Shah Ghazi commenced at his shrine.
The Long March was stopped at Sawaan bridge after authorities blocked the road with containers. Police shelled participants of the rally after which they retaliated. The rally participants also tried to torch containers on the road.
Earlier, Police had arrested hundreds of Sunni Ittehad Council workers and activists as the Council started a long march from Islamabad to protest against what they claimed to be the government's inability to arrest terrorists involved in the attack on Hazrat Data Ganj Baksh’s shrine in Lahore in July.
Sunni Ittehad Council Chairman Sahibzada Fazal Karim is leading the march. He said that the thousands of people will get out on to the streets today and unless all the demands of the Council are not met, the protests will continue.
According to Express 24/7 correspondent Sohail Chaudhry, more than 150 activists hade been arrested by the police.
The Punjab government has also said that the procession will not be allowed to stage a rally in front of the Data Darbar as it will not be good for the law and order situation.
Demonstrators marched in Lahore yesterday after the Sunni Ittehad Council urged the government to not grant clemency to Aasia Bibi, a Christian mother sentenced to death for blasphemy.
The march is supposed to end at the Data Darbar in Lahore.
Meanwhile, in Karachi, security was on high alert as the three-day long urs of Abdullah Shah Ghazi commenced at his shrine.