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| Police scuttle JI ‘Gaza March’, round up dozens in Islamabad |
| 2023-10-30 |
| [Dawn] Police on Saturday detained over 40 workers as well as three leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami ... 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... (JI) in two separate ’festivities’ on Srinagar Highway in a bid to stop the political party from organising a rally in support of Paleostine, allegedly without prior permission from the district administration. JI Information Secretary Sajjad Ahmad Abbasi told Dawn that JI Islamabad chief Nasarullah Randhawa, and his deputies Kashif Chaudhry and Dr Farooq were also detained. Mr Abbasi said the party was preparing for the ’Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... March’ slated to be held on Oct 29 (Sunday) when a police contingent arrived at the venue and uprooted their camps. Sharing information about the protest, the spokesperson said the JI approached the capital administration almost two weeks ago and sought permission in writing to organise the rally from Faizabad to the US embassy in the Diplomatic Enclave. He claimed the political party reportedly altered the route of the march twice at the administration’s request — initially, from Zero Point to Dhokri Chowk and later from Sports Complex to Dhokri Chowk. Mr Abbasi said JI leader Kashif Chaudhry approached Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon after the official did not respond to JI’s request for NOC to organise the protest rally. Subsequently, DC Memon allowed the JI to hold the march "on WhatsApp", he added. After the approval of the deputy commissioner, preparations for the march were underway at Srinagar Highway, with the party setting up camps and installing a sound system. "In the afternoon, a heavy contingent of police reached the site...and started uprooting their camps and confiscated their equipment on the pretext of Section 144 and lack of permission from the administration for the protest rally," the JI spokesperson claimed. The action resulted in a verbal altercation between the JI workers and the police, which subsequently led to a physical confrontation, the spokesperson said, adding that the JI workers pelted the police with stones. The police resorted to baton-charge and teargas shelling. The police managed to round up at least three JI leaders and over two dozen workers and moved them to the Secretariat cop shoppe, he added. In response to the police crackdown, the JI leaders gathered on the Srinagar Highway to address a presser. This prompted another round of confrontation between the JI and the police, he said, adding that the police detained more than 20 workers and shifted them to the lock-up. In a comment on the law and order situation, a police front man said the arrests were made as "some people were attempting to block the Srinagar Highway". "The highway is an inter-provincial connectivity road and blocking the road creates problems for the public," he added. The police advised them to follow prevalent procedures for peaceful protests. |
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