Faizabad protest leaders make new demands
November 25, 2017
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Samaa Web Desk
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Pakistan
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ISLAMABAD: Leaders of a protest being staged by a religious group in Islamabad on Saturday presented a new set of demands to end their three-week agitation in the federal capital and other parts of the country.
Hundreds of supporters of Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool Ullah being led by firebrand cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi have been blocking Faizabad Inter-Change for nearly three weeks.
The protestors demand that Federal Law Minister Zahid Hamid step down for his alleged role in a recent amendment which now stands withdrawn.
The government has categorically rejected the demand for the law minister’s resignation.
On Friday, Islamabad High Court (IHC) called the protest an act of terrorism and ordered the government to remove the protestors.
Police, FC and other law enforcement agencies finally launched a crackdown on Saturday morning, resulting in a showdown between two sides.
Despite daylong clashes, law enforcement agencies haven’t been able to break up the protest.
Recent reports suggest that protestors have returned to Faizabad Exchange, where they are being addressed by their leaders.
The TLY leaders are now calling for the resignation of entire cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to call off the protest. – SAMAA