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JACOBABAD, May 2: Responding to a call given by the Sindh Taraqi Passand Party, a shutter-down strike was observed here on Sunday against law lessness in the town. A procession was also taken out from the house of Arbab Lashari who was killed by robbers on Saturday.
The protesters were carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans against the police. They passed through the Indus Highway and staged a sit-in near the Jamali House. Speaking on the occasion, leaders of different political organizations criticized the poor law and order in the town.
They threatened that if culprits were not arrested, they would block roads and railway lines. Meanwhile, activists of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf observed a token hunger strike here on Sunday outside the press club against the deteriorating law and order in the town.
Speaking on the occasion, Subhan Sahil, Fazal Kareem and Shahnawaz Siddique said that the entire responsibility lied on the administration for deteriorating law and order.
ACTIVISTS BOOKED: The civil line police registered a case against forty persons including PPP (Shaheed Bhutto) leader Nadeem Qureshi and STPP leader Ali Mohammad Lashari and others under section 33/64, 324, 435, 332, 334, 440, 427 of the PPC. The case has been registered in connection with the Saturday's protest.
ATTACK: A man was injured in an attack in Soomro village in the limits of Saddar police station on Sunday. Ghulam Rasool was sitting in a hotel when two motorcyclists shot at him and fled. He was shifted to the Civil Hospital in a precarious condition.
In another incident, Abdul Aziz, Jan Mohammad and Aziz Ahmed were seriously injured by four armed men in the jurisdiction of Saddar police station. They were on their way on a bike when the armed men intercepted them at the Panhwar Faqir station road and tried to snatch their motorcycle.
When they offered resistance, the robbers opened fire and injured three motorcyclists. Hundreds of people took out a protest procession near the Gateway Hotel and blocked the Indus Highway for two hours. The protesters also burnt tyres.
JIRGA HELD: Despite a Sindh High Court ban on jirgas, a jirga was held at the residence of Muqeem Khan Khoso here on Thursday to settle a dispute between two factions of the Mugheri clan.
The feud, which had started over theft of an ox, had led to killing of four people and injuries to eight. Both the parties were heard at the jirga which continued for three hours.
A fine of Rs1.6 million was imposed on both the parties for the killings and theft. When contacted, Mr Khoso said that the jirgas held by tribal chieftains were the only way for amicably settling disputes as courts of law took years to decide a case.
