SUKKUR, April 10: A large number of transporters blocked the Indus Highway near Jacobabad on Wednesday to protest against the shifting of the bus terminal.

The transporters also observed a complete strike on Wednesday, which caused great inconvenience for the people.

The protesting drivers of wagons and buses burnt tyres and pelted stones at the vehicular traffic.

A heavy police force reached the spot and dispersed the drivers after baton-charge.

Meanwhile, a large number of men and women, led by Sardar Muqim Khan Khoso, Haji Ghulam Nabi Rind, chairman of the Shehri Ittihad, Jacobabad, Ali Ahmed Brohi, president of the Sukkur Chamber of Commerce, office-bearers and central leadership of different political parties, and about 10 Nazims of the city, also observed a token hunger strike in front of the Jacobabad Press Club, demanding the cancellation of the orders of shifting of the bus terminal.

They raised slogans against the shifting of the bus terminal.

The protesters said that the bus terminal was constructed in 1998 at a cost of Rs12 million and the wagons and buses were peacefully operating from there since 1998.

If the terminal was shifted, the people would face great hardships.

They appealed to President Gen Pervez Musharraf to intervene in the matter.

INAUGURATED Taluka Nazim Syed Kazim Ali Shah on Wednesday inaugurated the Social Aid for Education and Development (SAFE) centre.