ABBOTTABAD: Govt policy flayed

Published November 17, 2001

ABBOTTABAD, Nov 16: A protest procession was taken out from Jamia Masjid Abbottabad on the call of Pakistan-Afghanistan Defence Council after Juma prayers, which after passing through the main bazaar, terminated in front of Cantt police station.

Speaking on the occasion, the leaders criticized the government’s Afghan policy and said that the rulers were trying to please the US.

They demanded of the government to change its Afghan policy according to the wishes of the people.

Those who spoke included Ghulam Mustafa Jadoon and Malik Sajjad of SSP, Arif Raz (Tehrik-i-Insaf), Sardar Aurangzeb (PML-N), Maulana Atiq-ur-Rehman (JUI-C), Maulana Daud (JI), Maulana Faiz Rasool, Maulana Zameer Qureshi, Maulana Siddiq Sharifi and Waqar Gul Jadoon.

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