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Low gas pressure: Protesters block Indus Highway for eight hours

Shafiuddin Shafqi

KARAK: The enraged protestors blocked the important trade artery Indus Highway from Khyber Pakhtunkwa to Karachi for more than 8 hours against the low gas pressure in the area here on Sunday and the batten wielded group of youths attacked the passengers’ vehicles and goods transport by breaking their windows.

Thousands of enraged protestors of Chountra area marched to Indus Highway at morning and blocked it at Niazi Well stop for traffic for more than 8 hours and the youths having sticks in their hands attacked the vehicles and broke their windscreens and other windows with sticks. Police present on the spot equipped with weapons but remained silent spectators.

Several kilometers long queues of vehicles witnessed on both sides of Highway and the passengers faced extremely hardships to reach to their destinations.

The protestors denied negotiations with the assistant commissioner Karak till the increase in gas pressure and resolved that they would not leave the spot until their demand was not met.

No negotiations were made as the district officers were not present due to weekly holiday.

Alternative rout was provided to the passenger vehicles by the police but the long vehicles remained stuck in the long queues till the filing of the story.

 

The Frontier Post

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