Students protest against arrest of FSO leader

Author: Staff Report

PESHAWAR: Tribal students under the banner of Fata Students Organization (FSO)on Saturday staged a protest demonstration outside the Peshawar press club against the arrest of their leader Shaukat Aziz demanding his immediate release.

The students were holding banners and placards inscribed with slogans denouncing FCR and the district administration of the provincial metropolis. According to FSO general secretary, Shaukat Aziz had been detained under section 3 of Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) for protesting against Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR).It is condemn able act of the district administration. We have been exercising out constitutional right of holding peaceful protests and nobody can deter us from this right they said. He contended that large number of tribesmen participated in the protest but the administration detained only the student’s leader. He demanded that Shaukat Aziz should be released at the earliest otherwise they would extend their protest.

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