Speakers asked authorities to improve worsening law and order in the province
\nJAVED KHAN
\nPESHAWAR
\nA large number of people, including workers and supporters of nationalist political parties, staged a protest rally on Monday against the new spell of terrorism and lawlessness in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
\nThe protest was organised by the Ulasi Pasoon Peshawar chapter outside the Peshawar Press Club (PPC).
\nThe workers of Awami National Party, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, Pakistan People\u2019s Party, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, Qaumi Watan Party and Mazdoor Kissan Party participated in the protest.
\nA large number of the general public and members of civil society organizations also attended the protest rally.
\nThe Ulasi Pasoon in support of political parties had held a number of protest rallies across the province and successfully attracted thousands of people across KP in the months.
\nThe protest rally in Peshawar was organised in the wake of suicide blast in Peshawar where over a hundred people, mostly policemen, were killed during a prayer congregation in Malik Saad Police Lines.
\nThe incident took place when an explosion ripped through a mosque frequented by policemen.
\nThe protestors holding white flags demanded justice and peace on the soil of Pakhtunkhwa and an end to the target killing of people and law enforcers in the province.
\nThey demanded independence inquiry into Peshawar police lines suicide bomb blast.
\nANP provincial leaders, including Sardar Hussain Babik, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, PTM chief Manzoor Pashteen, Member of National Assembly (MNA) Mohsin Dawar and leaders of PMAP participated in the protest and addressed the rally.
\nCarrying banners and placards, the participants of the rally condemned the new wave of terrorism in the province , especially in Peshawar and demanded the incumbent federal, interim provincial governments and law enforcement agencies to play their role in improving the worsening law and order situation in the province.
\nChanting slogans against the recent spike in militancy and deadliest attack in the provincial capital, they asked the authorities to take pragmatic steps to improve the security situation in the KP.
\nThe speakers stressed upon the government to provide protection to its citizens against the terrorists and launch a comprehensive crackdown on them and their facilitators.
\nThey said that the poor law and order and rising militancy had created a sense of insecurity among the local people and human right activists.
\nTerrorism has destroyed the social, economic and political life of the people in the province but the authorities concerned have observed pin drop silence over it, they added.
\nThe protesters said that the people were protesting against the Peshawar mosque suicide attack which has claimed lives of policemen and other people.
\nMeanwhile, anticipating more protest rallies in the provincial capital, the district administration of Peshawar imposed a ban on gathering under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
\nA notification issued by Peshawar Deputy Commissioner said \u201ckeeping in view the prevailing law and order situation in the area and to provide a congenial atmosphere to the general public, it is important to maintain a peaceful and agitation-free environment within the premises of District Peshawar.\u201d
\nDistrict administration has warned that anyone found violating this order will be trialed under u\/s 188 P.P.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Speakers asked authorities to improve worsening law and order in the province JAVED KHAN PESHAWAR A large number of people, including workers and supporters of nationalist political parties, staged a protest rally on Monday against the new spell of terrorism and lawlessness in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The protest was organised by the Ulasi Pasoon Peshawar chapter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-311755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n