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Religious parties rally in Karachi against blasphemous caricatures

KARACHI: Thousands of people marched through Karachi on Thursday in a large protest against a French satirical magazine for publishing blasphemous cartoons.

An intelligence official overseeing the rally told AFP that the protesters numbered in the "thousands", still a relatively small turnout in a city of 18 million people.

Strict security measures were in place as M.A Jinnah Road was blocked.

Protesters carried

By AFP
January 22, 2015
KARACHI: Thousands of people marched through Karachi on Thursday in a large protest against a French satirical magazine for publishing blasphemous cartoons.

An intelligence official overseeing the rally told AFP that the protesters numbered in the "thousands", still a relatively small turnout in a city of 18 million people.

Strict security measures were in place as M.A Jinnah Road was blocked.

Protesters carried green flags printed with the Holy Prophet´s (PBUH) mausoleum and chanted anti-Charlie Hebdo slogans as they marched.