The move - aimed to prevent students from joining a huge protest rally slated for 3 pm at the Lahore Press Club – is a strong indication that the brewing students movement is giving the Musharraf regime the jitters of its life.
“They have threatened to arrest any student who leaves”, an alert circulated among activists across Pakistan and the world over said. “The SHO has met the President of LUMS Student Council and threatened him to stop students from protesting or face dire consequences.”
“The police claim to have [registered and] sealed FIRs against some student organizers whose photographs they showed the student representative”, the dispatch went on.
“Individual students have also received threats from police, intelligence agencies and unknown plainclothesmen. Currently students are deliberating on what to do. They are still resolute to protest peacefully and non-violently.
Updates on LUMS students activities are available at The Emergency Times blog.
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