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India-Pakistan
JUI-F sit-ins end as govt agrees to send Soomro murder case to military court
2015-12-27
[DAWN] Province-wide protest demonstrations and sit-ins of the Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam
...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spends more time running his madrassah. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability...
-Fazl (JUI-F) came to an end on Saturday evening after Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah promised to send the murder case of the slain leader Khalid Mehmood Soomro to a military court for trial.

A large number of JUI-F workers erupted into the streets across Sindh cities and towns demanding trial by a military court of those tossed in the clink
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
for their alleged involvement in the killing of Dr Soomro, who was rubbed out in Sukkur on Nov 29, 2014.

In Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
, JUI-F workers and leaders gathered in front of the Karachi Press Club to stage a protest demonstration.
Posted by:Fred

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