PESHAWAR
\nThe Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Peshawar chapter on Friday staged a protest demonstration outside the Peshawar Press Club (PPC) against the killing of Sheikhul Maulana Idrees Shaheed, demanding the immediate arrest of those responsible.
\nThe protest, organised by the party\u2019s Peshawar district chapter, was attended by workers and local leaders from across the district, causing heavy traffic congestion and closure of the main road linking the city with Saddar due to the large turnout.
\nThe demonstration was led by JUI-F Peshawar district emir Maulana Miskeen Shah and general secretary Maulana Ahmed Ali Darwish.
\nSeveral party leaders and religious scholars addressed the gathering, including former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor Ghulam Ali, former provincial ministers Amanullah Haqqani and Asif Iqbal Daudzai, MPA Ijaz Khan, Haji Zubair Ali, and Khatm-e-Nubuwwat leader Maulana Abdul Baseer Haqqani.
\nSpeakers criticised what they termed the \u201ccold and unserious attitude\u201d of the government and state institutions towards the killings of religious scholars, saying the authorities had failed to ensure their protection.
\nThey warned that JUI-F workers were prepared to make \u201cevery sacrifice\u201d and said the party would continue its protest movement until the killers of Maulana Idrees were arrested.
\nThe speakers said JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman would announce the party\u2019s future course of action at a large gathering in Karachi. They also warned that if the provincial assembly session scheduled for Monday continued, party workers would block the entire city of Peshawar in protest.
\nFollowing the demonstration outside the PPC, protesters marched towards FC Chowk in Saddar, where former district emir Haji Zubair Ali addressed the participants. The protest concluded with a collective prayer led by Maulana Mustaqim Muhammad, after which the demonstrators dispersed peacefully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Peshawar chapter on Friday staged a protest demonstration outside the Peshawar Press Club (PPC) against the killing of Sheikhul Maulana Idrees Shaheed, demanding the immediate arrest of those responsible. The protest, organised by the party\u2019s Peshawar district chapter, was attended by workers and local leaders from across the district, causing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-545354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n