Shabab-e-Milli, Christians protest

Dozens of workers of Shabab-e-Milli Lahore on Monday lodged a massive protest against Gulshan-e-Iqbal Police for registering fake cases of rape against their workers from Bhaikhay Wali. The protest started from Government Science College at about 2pm under the leadership of Shabab-e-Milli Deputy Secretary Nadeem Bara. Protestors were carrying placards, banners and posters inscribed with slogans against Gulshane Iqbal Police and especially against DSP Gulshane Ravi. They claimed that a fake rape case had been registered against their workers including Saif, Abdul Rehman, Usman and Zeeshan for following a case of land grabbing of a local namely Imtiaz while no medical reports had been obtained from the women. They said they would block The Mall Road if their demands were not met.
CHRISTIANS PROTEST: Separately, around 500 Christians including men, women and children continued protesting against the demolition of Church-owned building Gosha-e-Aman and the seizing of land in Garhi Shaho Area on Monday.
Protestors gathered at Garhi Shaho Chowk at about 1:15 pm and continued protesting for about two hours under the leadership of Lahore Bishop Dr Alexander John Malik. PML-Q MPA Engineer Shahzad and Pakistan Peoples Party’s two MPAs including Najmi Slaeemi and Pervaiz Raffique joined the protestors too. Protestors said they would continue to protest until the district land collector does not withdraw his order regarding the land which was declared government property. Protestors said Gosha-e-Aman included living quarters for two families as well as a sewing school for underprivileged women and the property was registered in the name of Lahore Charitable Association, a board of the Catholic Church and the structure was built in 1887.