| LAHORE (SANA): President Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Sunday called for a nation wide protest against President Pervez Musharraf, urging people and lawyers community to come onto the streets to overthrow the country's military leader. Talking to media here on Sunday the JI Amir said that People will come on the street for a full fledged movement against the present regime and will throw out the military dictator. Earlier Qazi Hussain Ahmed made a protest call while addressing a congregation of 20,000 people near the eastern city of Lahore a day after General Musharraf proclaimed emergency rule "to combat terrorists and interference by judges." The MMA President condemned ban on private television channels and arrest of political workers. He also denounced in strongest terms the emergency and proclamation of Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO). Pakistani lawyers also announced a countrywide strike on Monday as the government took off air all private television news channels and arrested scores of opposition leaders and political activists to stifle an outcry against emergency rule and suspension of the constitution. |