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185 Pakistanis face trial for protests against
blasphemous film
Sunday September 23, 2012 03:14:58 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad: At least 185 people facing trial over the violence during
anti-Islam US film protests staged in different cities of Pakistan
this past week, have been sent into custody.
Courts in the cities of Rawalpindi, Karachi and Lahore granted
remand of at least 185 people Saturday in cases pertaining to
riots and arson attacks during the protests, Dawn reported.
As many as 23 people lost their lives in Karachi and Peshawar
cities while over 200 were injured Friday across the country as
the government-designated "day of love for Holy Prophet" saw
protests and demonstrations turning anarchic.
Courts in Rawalpindi sent 77 suspects to Adiala jail on a 14-day
judicial remand.
In Karachi, at least 72 suspects were remanded in police custody
by an anti-terrorism court and a judicial magistrate on charges of
torching cinemas, banks, police vans, attacking policemen and
destroying public as well as private properties.
Five cinema houses, three police vans, three banks and countless
shops were set on fire and looted during the mayhem that overtook
Karachi for two days ago.
In Lahore, an anti-terror court sent 36 arrested protesters to
jail on judicial remand. They faced charges of terrorism,
ransacking and torching public and private property, attempted
murder and attack on police.
Police had registered a case against 6,036 protesters.
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