Protest against sacrilegious film

TIMERGARA, Sept 24: The staff, faculty and students of Malakand University held a protest rally at Chakdara here on Monday against the anti-Islam film made in the US.

The procession led by vice-chancellor Prof Dr Rasool Jan marched on the road and chanted slogans against the filmmaker.

Speakers on the occasion condemned the sacrilegious film, sketches and cartoons in the west and demanded of the UN to frame a uniform law to avoid such acts in future.—Correspondent

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