Students, workers and political activists held a protest in Kot Addu to condemn the arrest of comrades Umer Rasheed and Asad Rehman. On 20 November at 11am they gathered at the Press Club in Kot Addu to protest against this brutal action of university administration and Punjab government.
The protesters carrying banner and play cards with slogans of solidarity with comrades of Agriculture University in Faisalabad and against state repression came out on road. The protesters blocked the road for 30 minutes. They demanded the early release of the arrested comrades and the dismissal of the VC Rana Iqrar Ahmad and the Law Minister in the Punjab Rana Sana Ullah.
The following people participated in the protest:
- Amir Latif, BNT
- Shoaib, BNT
- Shafqat Hassan, Teacher
- Abdul Sattar, student Commerce College
- Zain Shah, student Commerce College
- Dr Abdul Aziz, gen sec veterinary staff association
- Niaz Ahmad, Revenue department
- Sajid Riaz, Wapda
- Professor Anjum…..Commerce College
- Irfan shah, student
- Shafqat Ali, Revenue department
- Ali Akbar, PTUDC
- Anam Abbas, Student
- Younis Shah, Social Worker
- Nazar Abbas, BNT
- Mohsin, BNT
- Abid Farid, BNT
- Imran Shahzad, Revenue department
- Zohaib Shah, Social worker
- Mehran Tariq, Social worker
- Raza Khan, President Mazdur union Parco
- Bahadur Khan, BNT
- Imtiaz Tahir, Journalist
- Azam Khan, OGDCL
- Tasneem Chishti Teacher
- Hamid Akhtar, gen sec united labour union tma Kot Adu
- Shahid anjum, TMA Kot Adu
- Hidayat Masih, Political activist
- Dr Shahid, Pera Medics
- Azhar Niaz, President PSF Kot Adu
- Faran Rana, Gen Sec PSF Kot Adu
- DR Hayat, Veterinary Doctor
- Zubair Qamar, BNT
- M Latif, Punjab Teachers’ Union
- Raiy Saqib, PSF