Posters read “General, you are reminding us 1971” and “Allow international media to North Waziristan”

Islamabad, 24th May 2014, Pashtun students Council, Quaid e Azam University.

Islamabad held a Protest today against indiscriminate shelling by Army on innocent civilian residents. Army started huge operation on 21st June with aerial bombing by PAF jets and Gunship helicopters. The ongoing brutal operation in Mossaki, Degan and Machis camp which has forced thousand people to migrate from their houses and leaving hundreds of innocent children, women and other civilian killed by indiscriminate aerial bombing.

On this occasion, students and political workers shouted slogan against indiscriminate bombing of civilian population and asked judicial probe of these incidents. The students also condemned the brutality of Law enforcing agencies.

Progressive political workers from Awami Workers Party and National Students Federation (NSF) joined protest in solidarity. NSF Punjab General Secretary, Alia Amir Ali condemned the coldblooded killing of Waziristani civilians by those who claim to be our defenders and said that people of Waziristan and FATA in general are oppressed both by the Taliban and army.

The students from Waziristan also demanded judicial probe of the killing of the civilians and asked for immediate cease fire of army bombing of civilian population and lifting of curfew.

— at Islamabad Press Club

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Messages emphasize “Stop Pakhtun Genocide” and “We want peace” and “My name is Khan, I am not a terrorist”

Oh General ! we were Slaughtered in Charsdaa

We were killed in Karachi

Were made IDPs in Swat and Bajawar

Our Elders were blasted n Women were disgraced

First their Dogs came after us

This time its the Master

Hey General! We did not see 1971

but We know what happened there

Oh General! Don’t force us to repeat 1971

We will yell, we shall overcome

History will be repeated by us.

Asad khan — at Islamabad Press Club

Slogans state “Army is for our security or ??????” and “F16 kills more than drones Waziristan”

Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad . She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”. She is also a survivor of US “collateral damage”.