Traders, JuD protest statement of defence minister 

ISLAMABAD: The traders community and Jamaatud Daawa (JuD) on Monday staged a protest demonstration here against statement of Defence Minister on JuD chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed.

The demonstration was addressed by traders leader Muhammad Ajmal Baloch, Kashif Chaudhry and PTI's Islamabad joint secretary Imran Khan and Yasir Butt. They protestors raised slogans 'Kashmir Banay Ga Pakistan, Modi ka jo yar hey Ghaddar hey' while carrying banners and placard.

The speakers strongly condemned statement of Khawaja Asif against Hafiz Saeed who has been struggling for the Kashmir cause. " The statement of the minister is insult of the whole Pakistani nation and Kashmiris who have rendered sacrifices to get independence from India," Ajmal Baloch said.

Kashif Chaudhry condemned house arrest of Hafiz Saeed who he said has not only been struggling for Kashmiris but also running NGO to serve the humanity countrywide. Dr. Azmat Sultan, religious leader said everybody knows that who is working for the national interests saying that the government should immediately end house arrest of Hafiz Saeed.

PTI leader Imran Khan said that the government took decision to put Hafiz Saeed in house arrest under pressure from India. " Such decision are meant to damage the Kashmir cause," he said.