The Joint Action Committee (JAC) for People’s Rights – an alliance of some 30 NGOs and civil society groups – has condemned the ongoing process of ‘Talibanisation’ in the country, and demanded that the government take immediate notice of Jamia Hafsa students’ activities aimed to enforce Sharia. At a press conference at the Lahore Press Club, JAC representatives said the government was “proving itself to be supportive of Talibanisation by remaining quiet”. They also announced that JAC would hold a rally on April 19 against the “promotion of terrorism and dictatorial rule”. Asma Jahangir condemned extremism, while Shahtaj Qizilbash, Fareeda Shaheed, IA Rehman and Shabnam Rasheed stressed elimination of extremism.