Students, workers and political activists held a protest in Kot Addu to condemn the arrest of comrades Umer Rasheed and Asad Rehman. On 20 November at 11am they gathered at the Press Club in Kot Addu to protest against this brutal action of university administration and Punjab government.

The protesters carrying banner and play cards with slogans of solidarity with comrades of Agriculture University in Faisalabad and against state repression came out on road. The protesters blocked the road for 30 minutes. They demanded the early release of the arrested comrades and the dismissal of the VC Rana Iqrar Ahmad and the Law Minister in the Punjab Rana Sana Ullah.

The following people participated in the protest:

1. Amir Latif, BNT
2. Shoaib, BNT
3. Shafqat Hassan, Teacher
4. Abdul Sattar, student Commerce College
5. Zain Shah, student Commerce College
6. Dr Abdul Aziz, gen sec veterinary staff association
7. Niaz Ahmad, Revenue department
8. Sajid Riaz, Wapda
9. Professor Anjum…..Commerce College
10. Irfan shah, student
11. Shafqat Ali, Revenue department
12. Ali Akbar, PTUDC
13. Anam Abbas, Student
14. Younis Shah, Social Worker
15. Nazar Abbas, BNT
16. Mohsin, BNT
17. Abid Farid, BNT
18. Imran Shahzad, Revenue department
19. Zohaib Shah, Social worker
20. Mehran Tariq, Social worker
21. Raza Khan, President Mazdur union Parco
22. Bahadur Khan, BNT
23. Imtiaz Tahir, Journalist
24. Azam Khan, OGDCL
25. Tasneem Chishti Teacher
26. Hamid Akhtar, gen sec united labour union tma Kot Adu
27. Shahid anjum, TMA Kot Adu
28. Hidayat Masih, Political activist
29. Dr Shahid, Pera Medics
30. Azhar Niaz, President PSF Kot Adu
31. Faran Rana, Gen Sec PSF Kot Adu
32. DR Hayat, Veterinary Doctor
33. Zubair Qamar, BNT
34. M Latif, Punjab Teachers’ Union
35. Raiy Saqib, PSF