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| MMA lawmaker and 14 activists released |
| 2007-03-24 |
| The administration of the federal capital on Friday released 15 activists of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), including National Assembly Member Mian Muhammad Aslam. Police arrested these activists from various parts of the city under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order on March 16 when they were trying to reach the Supreme Court building to express solidarity with suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. The administration held an emergency meeting on Friday, with Islamabad Chief Commissioner Khalid Pervez in the chair. The meeting, which was also attended by Police Inspector General Chaudhry Iftikhar Ahmed, Deputy Commissioner Chaudhry Muhammad Ali and other high-ranking officials, decided that extra police would be deployed in various markets of the city to stop those who would force shopkeepers to close their shops on March 26, sources told Daily Times. It also decided that police and Rangers would be deployed at key places in the city to maintain law and order. However, the district administration of Rawalpindi hasnÂ’t yet released MNA Muhammad Hanif Abbasi and 150 other activists of the MMA and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. The administration reportedly fears that these people might create problems during a strike called by the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy on March 26 to protest against Mr ChaudhryÂ’s suspension. However, the people belonging to other political parties, who were arrested on March 21, have been released. |
| Posted by:Fred |