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Sunday, November 24, 2024  
22 Jumada Al-Awwal 1446  

Nation protest against Davis’ release

Street protests erupted in the Country for a third day on Friday against the release of American national Raymond Davis, whose arrest after he shot dead two Pakistanis in Lahore.

The religious and social organizations staged protests in Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar against release of Raymond Davis.

Protesters chanted slogans against Raymond Davis and burnt tyres in Karachi, Lahore, Laki Marwat, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffarghar, Charsada and towns in Azad Kashmir.

The police started baton charge and tear gas to disperse the protesters.

Raymond Davis, 36, shot dead two Pakistanis in Lahore on January 27, was released on Wednesday from a Lahore jail after the close relatives of those killed accepted Diyat blood money.