Thousands of Sunni, Shia Muslims observed Anti-Taliban Day

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Top Shiite organisation, Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM), and other Shia and Sunni organisations observed an “Anti-Taliban Day” by staging protests on Friday.Responding to the call of MWM Secretary General Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri, tens of thousands  gathered outside Jamia Masjid Noor-e-Iman to hold the main protest demonstration of the day.Allama Mukhtar Imami and Mubashir Hassan of the MWM and Allama Mirza Yousuf Hussain of All Pakistan Shia Action Committee addressed the protesters.They said the terrorists of banned outfits were involved in the killings of Shias, adding that these outfits were also involved in the assassination of Allama Taqi Hadi Naqvi, Professor Agha Mohammad Salman and other Shia notables.The protesters were shouting slogans against the Sindh government and demanding from Asif Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto to take action to purge the PPP and the provincial government of the pro-terrorist elements. Similar protests were staged in other Shia majority areas of the city as well as in interior Sindh. /129