Protesting at the Karachi Press Club 4/7

See my article about this event at: tribune.com.pk/story/19996/m-hanif-and-a-visit-to-mauripur/

Four protesting groups voice their concerns outside the Karachi Press Club: Israel's attack on ship headed for Gaza with 3 Pakistanis on board; Sindhi Teachers; a couple with their woes; the killing of 100 Ahmadis.
As a visitor to Karachi from Islamabad I was invited by a friend to attend the protest rally against the killing of 100 Ahmadis (declared as non-Muslims by the Z.A. Bhutto government in 1974 and since then vilified and attacked in Pakistan).

The Karachi Press Club forms a focal point for protesting groups and here one sees 4 such groups, including one showing a couple, making their voices and presence felt in front of the national media.

The largest most vocal group was that of the noisy Jamaat e Islami protesting against the Israeli attack on the ship headed for Gaza, which carried three Pakistanis, including a well-known TV commentator, Talat Hussain. A group of Sindhi teachers complained about the high-handedness of the government; they were supported by Awami Tehreek a political party head by Rasul Bux Palejo who came to provide solidarity.

I joined the group protesting the brutal killing of Ahmadis while they prayed in their house of worship in Lahore, Pakistan. This small group that started with about 50 persons, soon down to about 20 persons, circled a block displaying banners and then went home. It all went to show how weak civil society is in Pakistan. In a city of nearly 17 millions less than 50 persons turned out to voice their disgust at the murder of twice as many Ahmadis.

Taken on: May 31, 2010

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