Around 5,000 protesters raised anti-US slogans and called for an immediate end to the drone strikes at the rally organised by the Defence of Pakistain Council (DPC), a coalition of around 40 religious and political parties.
The demonstrators rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud calling for the blocking of NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
supplies for Afghanistan which are transported through Pakistain.
DPC chief Maulana Samiul Haq
...the
Godfather of the Taliban,leader of his own faction of the JUI. Known as
Mullah Sandwichfor his habit of having two young boys at a time...
, in a televised address to the rally, said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
had come under US pressure and was not expected to play a positive role in getting the drone strikes stopped.
He appealed to all political parties, religious scholars and members of civil society to unite against the attacks.
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
...who would be wearing a canvas jacket with very long sleeves anyplace but Pakistain...
, leader of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa
...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba...
, also called for unity.