Several religious groups joined demonstrations organised by the Jamaat-ud-Dawah across Pakistan's Punjab province today to protest the incorrect translation of the Quran and posting of blasphemous cartoons on the internet.

In Lahore, processions were taken out on Bedian Road and Ferozepur Road. Senior Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) leaders, Pakistan People's Party parliamentarian Tariq Shabbir and others addressed the protesters.

The protesters shouted slogans against Israel and other countries and burnt their flags. JuD leader Hafiz Saifullah Mansoor said the government should immediately ban popular social networking website Facebook, Youtube and other sites for committing "blasphemy".

The protests were organised by the Hurmat-e-Rasool Tehrik, a group allied to the JuD.

Mansoor said the Hurmat-e-Rasool Tehrik would continue its protests across the country till the government bans all websites with blasphemous content and receives an assurance from Western countries that they will respect the sentiments of Muslims.

Other speakers at the protests called for unity to defeat the enemies of Islam and asked people to boycott the products of countries involved in blasphemous actions.