Pakistani journalists mark 'black day'
Monday, 1 October 2007
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 30 (AP): Pakistani journalists marked Sunday as a "black day" to condemn police beatings during opposition protests against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's pursuit of another five-year term.
Musharraf picked up a key legal victory Saturday when the Election Commission declared him a qualified candidate for the Oct. 6 vote as lawyers and opposition activists staged protests on a broad, tree-lined avenue in front of the commission building in the capital.
Protesters clashed with police, who wielded batons and fired tear gas to disperse them before turning on journalists covering the melee.
Musharraf picked up a key legal victory Saturday when the Election Commission declared him a qualified candidate for the Oct. 6 vote as lawyers and opposition activists staged protests on a broad, tree-lined avenue in front of the commission building in the capital.
Protesters clashed with police, who wielded batons and fired tear gas to disperse them before turning on journalists covering the melee.