Nine briefly detained for demanding release of activists.

FAISALABAD -- The Civil Lines police did not allow the workers of the Awami Workers Party (AWP) to stage a protest demonstration outside the press club on Sunday and detained nine of them for a brief period.

The AWP activists turned up outside the press club to press the government for the release of their party members who had been detained in Islamabad a couple of days ago. Police took into custody Amina Zaman, Arif Ayaz, Hur Abbas Naqvi, Mohammad Saeed...