KARACHI: Dozens of protesters demonstrated in front of the Karachi Press Club on Sunday to condemn the United States’ military intervention in Venezuela and the capture of president Nicolas Maduro more than 24 hours earlier.
Maduro is in a New York detention center awaiting a Monday court appearance on drug charges, after US President Donald Trump ordered his removal and said the US would take control of Venezuela. But in Caracas, top officials in Maduro’s government, who have called the detentions of Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores a kidnapping, were still in charge.
A labour union activist holds a placard during a demonstration against the US's attack on Venezuela, in Karachi on January 4, 2026. (AFP)
Organized by the National Trade Union Federation Pakistan (NTUF) and the Home-Based Women Workers Federation, Pakistan (HBWWF), demonstrators in Karachi demanded the immediate release of Maduro.
“We demand that a case of criminal war crimes be filed against Trump in the International Court of Justice,” Nasir Mansoor, NTUF general secretary, said at the protest.
