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Protesters block trains against ‘sacrilege’ in Hafizabad

By Our Correspondent
August 30, 2021

HAFIZABAD: Hundreds of people Sunday staged a protest against alleged desecration of Holy Quran pages outside a private school and later on blocked the railway track, suspending trains operations on Wazirabad- Faisalabad section for eight hours. The police registered a case against the principal, staff and guard [chowkidar] of the school, and arrested the guard. When the police reached the scene, protesters threw stones on them. Despite registration of a case and guard’s arrest, the protesters continued protest.