KARACHI: Civil society activists on Saturday staged a demonstration and performed Dhamal outside Karachi Press Club to protest against bomb blast at shrine of Qalandar Lal Shahbaz which killed 76 people and injured hundreds of others on Thursday.
Organised by civil society of Pakistan, a large number of human rights, labour rights and women rights activists and political workers attended the protest demonstration. “In solidarity with the innocent victims of Sehwan blast” stated the main banner of the demonstration. The protesters raised slogans against terrorism and demanded the government to take stern action against the culprits and their supporters.
“It is a complete failure of security, Sindh is a land of peace, but it is bleeding now. This is high time to take action against terrorists irrespective of their religious, political and ethnic affiliation,” said Naghma Shaikh, a political activist.
Prominent participants included Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Vice President Asad Iqbal Butt, Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) Executive Director Karamat Ali, Aurat Foundation Director Mahnaz Rehman, Jaipal Chhaparia, Dr Aly Ercelawn, trade union leader Shaikh Majeed, Qurrat Mirza, Raheema Panhwar, Shireen Khokhar, Zulfiqar Shah, Paryal Mari and others.
On the occasion, traditional dhammal was performed by the participants.
