Shia Muslims continue protest against illegal construction at Kotli Imam Hussain

Shia Muslims od Dera Ismail Khan continue their protest against the illegal occupation of land of Kotli Imam Hussain (AS) and construction of a commercial market on that land. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s Auqaf department permitted it, illegally, because it was not government’s land.

Defying arrests and intimidation by police Shiites continued to protest under the aegis of Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen to register protest against said illegal occupation and construction of market building.
Shia scholar Ghazanfar Naqvi of the MWM condemned the discriminatory policy against Shia Muslims by the biased administration. He said that a Hindu lover of Ahl-e-Bait had allocated his 327 kunal land for azadari (sacred mourning rituals) before the establishment of Pakistan.
He denounced that self-claimed so-called Muslims are bent upon selling out this land for the self-financial gains at throw-away prices that was totally illegal. He demanded of the government to stop Auqaf department from this illegal sell-off and sort out the issue according to the stakeholders’ wishes.
Instead of resolving that issue peacefully and amicably, police had raided the peaceful protestors and took them into illegal custody, some days ago. But, protest continues despite that.