One person was killed and two others were maimed, on Monday, as a result of police gunfire during protests against the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Mohammedans" in the Upper Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KPK) province.Rallies against the sacrilegious film were held across the northwestern province, leading to violent protests and gunfire from the police who were trying control the mobs.
Police fired on the mob in the Wari area of Upper Dir district when protestors torched the Wari Press Club building and offices of local magistrate besides other government buildings.
One person was killed and two others were maimed in the firing, which turned the protestors furious and they pelted stones at the police and set ablaze other buildings as well.
The lawyers' community of the KPK observed a 'black day 'and boycotted court proceedings on the call of Khyber Paktunkhawa Bar Council and businesses remained suspended for the day in the high court and other courts across KPK.
Protests in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
also turned violent as rallies were taken out separately in parts of the city converged towards the US consulate, which had prompted the administration to beef up the cordon by deploying extra personnel, stopping the mob from getting close to the consulate on Khyber Road.
Rallies taken out by the student wings of the Jamaat-e-Islami
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The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
and the Awami National Party marched towards the consulate but were stopped by law enforcement agencies.
Meanwhile,...back at the comedy club, Boogie was cracking himself up, but nobody else seemed to be getting the non-stop jokes...
the Difa-e-Pakistain Council (DPC) announced its plans for a long march on October 1 for Tahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-Rislaat (Council for Protection of the Finality of the Prophet ((PTUI!))).
Speaking at a meeting of DPC at Markaz-e-Islami in Peshawar, the provincial president of JUI-S and the DPC leader Mualana Yousaf Shah said that the council will start a Long March from Peshawar to Jamrud for the Tahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-Rislaat and condemn the derogatory film on the life of Prophet ((PTUI!)).
Shah said that the DPC would also hold a big protest rally in Bannu on September 25 to condemn the drone attacks and would march towards the North Wazoo Agency to express their solidarity with the innocent rustics being targeted by the US drones.