Peaceful defiance

KARACHI: As a symbol of what they called ‘peaceful defiance’, protesting journalists of Karachi presented fresh roses to police personnel posted outside the press club on Wednesday, a day after protesting media personnel had been baton-charged at the same place.

Earlier, they held a protest meeting as part of their campaign against the imposition of emergency and curbs on the media. The meeting, organised by the Karachi Union of Journalists, condemned Tuesday’s police action in which several journalists were wounded and detained for hours.

The meeting demanded that the emergency be lifted and Pemra ordinance be repealed forthwith, saying it was aimed at gagging the press.—Reporter