Pakistan peoples Party Social Media Punjab on Today (Tuesday) held a protest demonstration and a candle vigil outside Lahore Press Club to condemn international terrorism and to show its solidarity with the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris, in which 129 people were killed.
Head Social Media Ms Jahanara M Wattoo led the protest while other representatives of Social Media Punjab, Peoples Youth Organization (PYO), Peoples Students Federation (PSF), Peoples Labour Wing, Human Rights Wing and civil society were also present there. Prominent among the participants were Sohail Malik, Mian Waheed, Mian Ayub, Junaid Qaiser, Ahsan Abbas Shah, Zeeshan Baig Shami, Imran Shah, Noveen Bukhari, Musarat Sidiqqui, Musa Khokhar, Nayer Hussain Jutt, Hafiz Ashraf, Mani PehlwaN, Giffson Sabir and others.
Addressing the protest, Ms Jahanara M Wattoo said that there was no option except to battle terrorism in the country, and the only party standing against terrorism was the PPP with clear-cut stance.
Sh has said that the PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was the first leader who raised slogan “Taliban Ka Jo Yaar hai, Ghaddar hai”. And Our leaders sacrificed their lives for Pakistan, we lost Shaheed Benazir Bhutto because of terrorism. The PPP and its leadership was very clear right from the outset to defeat the scourge of terrorism. Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s unequivocal stance against terrorism and extremism right from the beginning was marked with clarity and the recent swinging of the public opinion and the rest of the political forces to his stand vindicated his vision that the evil could only be tackled by taking on the militants on their turf, she added.
She maintained that it was time to get united against terrorism and defeat this evil, otherwise they will continue killing our defenseless children while they learn.
Other who addressed the rally were Sohail Malik, Mian Abdul Wahid, Junaid Qaiser, Naseer Ahmed and others.
The candle vigil participants were carrying banners and placards bearing inscriptions “Say No to Terrorism”, “Stay United Against Terrorism”, “Raise Your Voice Against Terrorism”, and “Dehshat Gardo Ka Jo Yar Hai Ghdar Hai Ghdar Hai”.
The participants also chanted slogans against terrorists.
Today at #PPP Punjab SM peace demonstration,press club Lhr.We have always stood against terrorism #SaNoToTerrorism pic.twitter.com/s5AHlyLb9N
— JahanAra M Wattoo (@jahanarawattoo) November 17, 2015