Times of Islamabad

Atleast 8 Azadi Marchers arrested in Islamabad for waving Taliban flag in capital Islamabad

Atleast 8 Azadi Marchers arrested in Islamabad for waving Taliban flag in capital Islamabad

*ISLAMABAD – **Atleast 8 Azadi Marchers arrested in Islamabad for wavingTaliban flag in capital Islamabad.*

*Eight people were arrested on Saturday for waving the Afghan Taliban’sflag at the JUI-F’s Azadi March in Islamabad. *

JUI-F leaders like Maulana Ghafoor Haider said they didn’t know anythingabout these flags and said they hadn’t seen them. Despite disavowing newsof the flags the march organisers called on participants not to bring flagsother than those of the nine opposition parties participating in the march.

The Islamabad police took action after pictures and videos were shared ofsome people waving Afghan Taliban flags. The organisers demanded that theeight workers be released immediately and threatened to break their pactwith the government if they were not.