ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Strong protest rallies were taken out against incidents of Quetta, and Karbala Gamey Shah incidents on the occasion of Youm Al-Quds Himayat-e-Mazloomin was observed throughout the country on 23rd ramadan on the call of Quaid-i-Millat Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi. The suicide blast in the Youm Al-Quds rally in Quetta has sent a wave of grief and unrest throughout the country. Rallies and protest demonstrations were taken out in all small and big cities and towns of the country including Federal Capital Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

In Rawalpindi, main Youm Al-Quds Himayat Mazloomin procession was taken out from Imambargah Ashiq Hussain Teli Mohallah under the auspices of District Youm Al-Quds Himayat Mazloomin Committee of the TNFJ. The procession was led by Syed Shujaat Ali Bokhari, Additional Secretary of Tehreek Nafaz Fiqh-e-Jafariya; Meesam Tammar Jafri, District Convener Jabir Hussain Naqvi, Agha Syed Ali Rooh Al-Abbas Moosavi Advocate; Syed Abul Hassan Taqi, President, TNFJ Regional Council Rawalpindi; Allama Mohsin Ali Hamdani; Alhaj Ghulam Murtaza Chauhan, Ch. Abu Baidar Ali; Syed Amjad Hussain Shah, Secretary Markazi Youm Al-Quds Himayat Mazloomin Abu Nasr Kazmi, Syed Nasir Abbas Karbalai, Bawa Sajjad Haider Kazmi; Bawa Farzand Ali Shah; Makhdoom Nazakat Hussain Naqvi and others.

Allama Syed Qamar Haider Zaidi, Central Secretary Information of the TNFJ the people were mourning the blasts in main Azadari procession at Karbala Gamey Shah in Lahore and firing incident on main Azadari procession in Karachi and Quetta blast incident in the Al-Quds rally has added fuel to the fire. He lamented that government was playing the role of silence spectator on incidents of terrorism. He said if the government could not provide protection to the people then there is no justification for her to remain in power. The participants of the rally appealed the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to take suo moto notice of this critical situation and take concrete steps to get the people rid of terrorism and the banned groups responsible for it.

A resolution adopted on the occasion strongly condemned the coward statement of Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik advising the Ahle Tashih to limit their processions and Majalis. The resolution advised him to resign if he is unable to provide security to the people and appealed the Prime Minister to sack him and try him for sabotaging the anti-terrorism efforts. The resolution also demanded from Mian Nawaz Sharif to sever their relations with the terrorist groups and sack Shahbaz Sharif and Rana Sanaullah for added fuel to fire by keeping friendship with the banned terrorist outfits. Ch. Abu Baidar Ali and Naseer Hussain Sabzwari also addressed the gathering.

A demonstration was staged by Mukhtar Students Organisation Rawalpindi against Quetta, Karachi and Lahore incidents. The participants of the rally strongly condemned the statement of Federal Interior Minister for limiting religious processions and expressed concern over close relations of the Federal Interior Minister, Chief Minister Punjab and Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah with the banned terrorist groups.

ISLAMABAD: In Federal Capital Islamabad, a strong protest rally was held on Youm Al-Quds Himayat Mazloomin at Aabpara Chowk under the auspices of Youm Al-Quds Himayat Mazloomin Committee. The rally began from the Darbar of Hazrat Bari Sarkar’s father, Sakhi Mahmood Shah Badshah. It was led by District President TNFJ Islamabad Allama Basharat Hussain Imami, Allama Guftar Hussain Sadiqi, Allama Akhlaq Hussain Kazmi, Raja Zulfiqar Ali, Allama Fakhar Abbas Abidi, Allama Shiraz Hussain Kazmi, Syed Nazakat Hussain Kazmi, Malik-e-Ashtar Central Joint Secretary Information, Prof. Ghulam Abbas Haideri, Ch. Sabir Hussain, Sub. Asghar Haideri, Raja Muharram Ali, Qudrat Illahi Haideri, Syed Amjad Hussain Kazmi and others. Allama Basharat Hussain Imami, Allama Fakhar Abidi and others addressed the rally and were later dispersed peacefully.

Addressing the protest rally at Aabpara Chowk, Allama Syed Qamar Haider Zaidi Central Secretary Information TNFJ, and Allama Basharat Hussain Imami said that objective of observing Youm Al-Quds Himayat Mazloomin throughout the country on the call of Quaid-i-Millat Jafariya, Pakistan, Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi is to express solidarity with the oppressed nations and Muslim people facing atrocities the world over. They expressed complete solidarity with the oppressed the world over, they strongly condemned Israeli occupation of Al-Quds Al-Sharif. A resolution adopted on the occasion called upon the Muslim ruler to stop doing ‘Tawaf’ of Bait Al-Abyaz (White House) and bow only before Allah. The participants of the rally later dispersed peacefully.

Meanwhile, according to reports reaching here from other parts of the country protest rallies in connection with the Youm Al-Quds Himayat-e-Mazloomin were taken out in Peshawar, Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Dadu, Khairpur Mirs, Bhakkar, Chakwal, Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan, Sargodha, Sialkot, Gilgit, Faisalabad, Kohat, Sheikhupura, Gujranwala, Jhelum Deena, Kasur, Khanewal, Bahawalpur, Sukkur, Nawabshah, Sehwan Sharif, Noshero Feroze and other cities.