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LONDON (UK): Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister and Chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party, Ms Benazir Bhutto has condemned the police firing and baton charge of PPP procession in Rawlakot in Azad Kashmir on Friday and demanded a judicial probe into the incident and punishment to those in the administration responsible for the incident.

A protest camp was set up by the Barrister Sultan Mahmood-led faction of the AJK chapter of the Pakistan Peoples Party in Rawlakot followig the foot steps of the ARD with a slogan of "Musharraf Hatao, Mulk Bachao" ['Remove Musharraf, Save Country'] in diverse vicinities of Azad Kashmir.

As the Sultan's associates in the fold marched towards the district courts in Rawlakot, the police baton charged them and resorted to firing, a PPP report said. As a result Sardar Muhammad Hussain, Senior Vice President PPP, Chaudhry Lateef Akbar, Secretary General PPP and Sardar Sawar Khan, Member Kashmir Council, among others were injured.

Via a statement beamed to 'Pakistan Times' Saturday, Ms Benazir Bhutto said that 'the police action against peaceful demonstrators was most reprehensible. The overreaction by the administration showed that the regime had gone berserk over the protest call.'

She said that 'the government had feet of clay and needed a push to be ousted.' The ex-Premier said that 'the ARD and democratic opposition would continue its protest demonstrations to oust the undemocratic regime.' 'I salute the valiant Party workers and urge them to continue their struggle.'

After a meeting with Barrister Sultan, [who too is in London now a days, as a part of his frequent voyage abroad], Ms Benazir Bhutto, also demanded a judicial probe and punishment to those 'who took such a course against peaceful demonstrators.'