Protests have broken out after Karachi Police arrested at least 40 members of civil society Jibran Nasir.
According to sources, Police personnels all of a sudden crackdown on peaceful protestors. Police shifted all of of them to the Frere Police Station lockup while others in Defence Police Station.
Police alleged that they were arrested for rallying in the Red Zone, which is a violation of the code of conduct.
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Civil society which was arrested for peacefully protesting illegal free movement of and non arrest of banned outfits in Karachi
Jibran Nasir, the protagonist of the protest movement, rejected the charge.
One of the activist told media that “We have been persecuted for we refused to break our sit-in to mount pressure on the government to halt Ahl-e-Sunnat-wal Jamaat’s (ASWJ) rally on ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day,”
Meanwhile dozens of other activists are now protesting in front of the police station to get their comrades out.
“We will stage a hunger strike outside Karachi Press Club against this injustice. And it will continue until our friends don’t walk out of the custody of police safe and sound,”
According to police, five of the detainees have been set free while others will also follow the suit after their parents submit written assurance that they will not do it again.
