Voices from H-9.

Byline: Kalbe Ali

Shahid Iqbal from Upper Dir said he was at the Azadi March with his cousins out of solidarity with the JUI-F. He said that they used to follow the Jamaat-i-Islami, but 'we have now shifted to JUI because of the upright policies of Maulana Fazlur Rehman'. He said the policies of Jamaat-i-Islami strayed away, saying their religious and political agenda was not fair.

Rafiullah, a seminary student in Islamabad, is running a small stall to charge mobile phones around the clock with the help of some fellow students. He said the venture was a volunteer effort and not for profit, charging Rs40 for a two-hour charge. Rafiullah did not explain where he obtained the generator used to power the stall, but said they were taking turns to operate it because they support the maulana's cause to implement Islamic rule in the country.

Abdul Nasir Raisani, a truck driver from Khuzdar who supplies marble from mines to factors in Karachi, said he was excited to be a part of the Azadi March because he got to visit...