LAHORE: Tens of thousands gathered in one of the biggest-ever protests in Lahore Sunday to condemn NATO and United States over the killing of 24 soldiers along the Afghan border.
The protestors, vowed they would march to Islamabad if the government did not cancel agreements between the US designed to fight the so called “terrorism”.
"We will hold a march towards the capital if the government does not revoke agreements of cooperation in the so called war against terror with the US," said Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, a senior leader of the Pakistan Defence Council (PDC).
About 3,000 activists from the Council, which organised the rally, also acted as guards in addition to a 1,000-strong police contingent
"The US should not turn its missions in Pakistan into spying stations," he said, adding that "we will respect Americans if they live in Pakistan as guests but any other agenda will not be tolerated."
Saeed called on local government to decide on a date that would see it take the country "out of the war against terror" and vowed "every sacrifice to preserve and uphold sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country."
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