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| Coppers thwart MMA train march... |
| 2002-09-09 |
| Large contingents of police brutally thwarted the train march of Muthidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), an alliance of all the religious parties in Pakistan, exposing all the claims of the military government that it was providing equal opportunity to the opposition parties to run their election campaign. Dontcha hate it when that happens? Hundreds of MMA leaders, workers and common citizens were arrested by the police who had blocked all avenues leading to the railway station Lahore since early morning. Every bearded person going to the area where the railway station is located was arrested, eye witnesses said. When the leaders of MMA, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani, Allama Sajid Naqvi and Maulana Sami-ul-Haq ... aka "The Usual Suspects" ... reached the railway station, the police arrested them and moved to a police station. The MMA leaders had reservations from Lahore to Rohri but despite showing tickets to the police authorities, they were not allowed to enter the railway station. Instead the police took them to a police station and then released in the evening. "i have a ticket! I can go if I want to!" "Shuddup and get in the paddy wagon!" "Easy with that truncheon, my good man! I'm not without influence, y'know." Enraged MMA leadership has strongly condemned the military regime for denying them the democratic right to |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |