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Hafiz Saeed's DPC concludes protest march against reopening of NATO routes in capital | Religious parties along with thousands of right-wing supporters reached Islamabad
on Monday midnight amid heightened security measures to mark the 'long march' against the
reopening of NATO supply routes by Pakistan. The protesters, who completed a 275-km
journey from Lahore to Islamabad , arrived in the capital in a convoy of hundreds of buses,
trucks and cars, carrying Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) flags, reports The Express
Tribune. Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, who primarily sponsored and organised
the protest march, advocated peace in the country. "Islam means peace. We will
establish peace in the country. No Muslim can take out swords against any other
Muslim. We are taught by our Prophet to advocate our religion with our character,"
he said. Saeed warned the U.S. that if they make any attempt to launch an attack
on Pakistani soil, they will face similar resistance as they had faced in Afghanistan
. The DPC leaders announced that a similar long march would be organised from
July 14 to 15 from Quetta to Chaman and from Peshawar to Torkhum from July 16
to 17. Jamaat-e-Islami, Ahle Sunnat wal Jamat, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Ansar ul
Ummah, Awami Muslim League and other smaller groups participated in the protest
march.
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