Hundreds of lawyers in the federal capital Islamabad have broken the main gate of the highly secure diplomatic enclave and attempted to reach the United States (U.S.) Embassy to protest against the American filmmaker’s sacrilegious movie about the Muslim Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him) on Wednesday.
The protestors chanted slogans and set U.S. flags on fire outside the diplomatic enclave. They burnt dummies of the U.S. filmmaker and demanded the government to end all diplomatic ties with the U.S. until it announced a death sentence for the filmmaker. Police stopped the protestors after they entered into the diplomatic enclave. It was the second attempt of the protestors to reach the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad.
Earlier on Friday, hundreds of demonstrators tried to march towards the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad but police kept them hundreds of meters away from the main gate of the diplomatic enclave. Speaking on the occasion, IBA General Secretary Muhammad Ayub
Arbab Gujjar said that the IBA strongly condemned the blasphemous video that had hurt the sentiments of millions of Muslims all over the world and it was intolerable at all levels. On the behalf of IBA, he demanded the authorities concerned to take serious action against those indulged in making such nuisance. The procession was led by IBA President Syed Javed Akbar Shah Mashhadi, which started from the Islamabad District Court (IDC) and terminated at the U.S. Embassy and finally disbursed peacefully later on.
On the occasion, Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA) President Syed Nayyab Hassan Gardezi, Raja Muhammad Yameen, Raja Jan Baz, Niazullah Khan Niazi, Syed Muhammad Anwer, Aamra Batool delivered speeches to hundreds of lawyers participated in the march The violent protests against the anti-Islamic movie broke out last week in various areas of the country. In the week-long demonstrations at least two people had been reported killed and dozens others were injured during clashes between police and protestors. On Sunday afternoon, thousands of protestors in the southern port city of Karachi marched toward the US consulate.
