ISLAMABAD: While over 40 participants of Aurat March were released by the police on Monday, the leadership of the marchers, civil society members and rights activists held a press conference in which they criticised the administration for “manhandling and threatening them and forcing them to sign unreasonable affidavits”.
They held a presser in which they demanded an investigation into the incident and suggested that action should be taken against those responsible.
Dr Farzana Bari, speaking at a news conference at the National Press Club, said the march was held every year.
“We were aware that Section 144 was imposed in the federal capital, but civil society does not accept any law which is in violation of
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