Anti-Islam film: Cinema houses in Peshawar burnt

Angry protestors in Peshawar burnt two cinema houses in the city following which police resorted to shelling to disperse the crowd, SAMAA reports on Friday. According to details, demonstrators were protesting against the anti-Islam film but the protest turned violent as protestors burnt a cinema on G T Road while another one located nearby was also torched. Voilents protests are also reported from elsewhere in the country including Rawalpindi and Faisalabad despite call for peaceful demonstrations by the government and religious scholars. These protests came on Yaum-e-Ishq-Rasool (S.A.W.W.) which is being observed countrywide today on call by the federal government. Protests are likely to intensify after Friday prayers. Meanwhile, Islamabad adminstration has imposed section 144 in the city to avoid any untoward incident.