ISLAMABAD: Several men protesting the Faizabad crackdown on Saturday attempted to break into the ho
use of former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar in Rawalpindi, while more than 100 people attacked the ho
use of Law Minister Zahid Hamid’s in Sialkot. The irate men broke the mai
n gate of Nisar’s house and tried to enter the premises, but were confronted by police and security guards. They chanted sloga
ns against the government and leaders of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Over in Sialkot, attackers vandalised and pelted stones at Hamid’s house that is situated in Pasrur. Only a dozen security guards wer
e posted at the house, many of whom were injured in the attack.
Published in Daily Times, No
vember 26th 2017.