His house was surrounded by a large number of police and paramilitary forces and he is not being permitted to come out.

This is very unwise of the government to stop us from demonstrations.

The shutter down strike was to protest the blasphemous cartoons.

The strike is to protest the blasphemous cartoons.

We will hold the protest. It will be a peaceful rally.

We will keep fighting jihad with our pens and our voices. If there is need, we will fight with other means.

We have given a call for nationwide protests after Friday prayers to condemn the publication of the cartoons.

Pakistani civilians, including children, were killed. Principles cannot be broken in the name of (fighting) terrorism.

The rally will be held in Islamabad. It will be a peaceful rally.

The protests will continue and we will hold a big demonstration in Islamabad today. If the government tries to stop it then it will be responsible for the consequences.