Workers of the Pakistan Global Initiative Law and Justice Chapter protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine outside the Lahore High Court on 26 February 2022.

Activists of the Majlis-e-Ullema Pakistan hold a demonstration in solidarity with Kashmir on the eve of Kashmir Day outside Badshahi Mosque in Lahore on 4 February 2022.

Members of the Youth Forum for Kashmir (YFK) organise a torch rally in solidarity with Kashmir on the eve of Kashmir Day outside Badshahi Mosque in Lahore on 4 February 2022.

Scores of workers from Tehreek-e-Bedari-e-Ummat-e-Mustafa (SAWW) participate in a rally in an outpouring of support for Palestine at Mall Road in Lahore on 19 December 2021.

This large sit-in features women raising posters against Israel’s continued oppression of Palestinians and US ties with Israel.

Hundreds of civil society activists and students take to the streets to protest Israel’s attacks on Gaza at Liberty Chowk in Lahore on 17 May 2021.

The protestors call on the Pakistani government and world powers to intervene against the deadly violence against Palestinians.

Citizens hold placards condemning Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians during an anti-Israel protest rally in Lahore.

Young people raise posters calling for Palestinian liberation from Israeli occupation in a spate of rallies across the country.

Protestors belt out slogans for Palestinian freedom from Israel’s US-sponsored settler colonialism.

Liberty Chowk throngs with people demonstrating solidarity with Palestine to remind the community that their plight is not forgotten.


Rana Sajid Hussain is a photojournalist who has been based in Lahore for the past two decades. He works for both domestic and international news outlets. Photojournalism is his passion, and he sometimes waits for hours to get his best click. He is fond of covering rallies, marches and protests, for which he travels a lot.

"I believe that freedom of assembly is the fundamental right of every individual. This very basic right provides a platform to express people's inner feelings. Freedom of assembly is also undoubtedly the basic norm of a democratic society, and there are several international treaties that guarantee this basic human right."