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Free Nisar Shar and his colleagues!

Thursday 2 October 2025, by Farooq Tariq

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Senior lawyer Nisar Shah from Islamabad was arrested while demonstrating along with his 13 colleagues in a rally in solidarity with the protests in Kashmir against high wages for politicians organised by the lawyers association

In addition to them, 15 other political activists have also been arrested. All of them have been arrested in front of Islamabad Press Club while demonstrating a one-sided demonstration with Jammu Kashmir Awami Action Committee.

Nisar Shah is the chairman of Jammu Kashmir Awami Workers Party. He is detained in the Police Secretariat

People’s Rights Party strongly condemns these arrests and. warns that if all of them are not released immediately, a series of demonstrations will be launched across the country for their release.

2 October 2025

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