PESHAWAR, March 16: Extraordinary security steps taken by police hit the public on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s visit to the city on Wednesday.The city police had blocked the main Grand Trunk Road from Haji Camp area to Suray Pul and The Mall for all kind of traffic. They did not allow even pedestrians to reach their destinations. Some students of the Khyber Medical Collage, who were going to take their first professional examination of MBBS, could not reach the examination hall in time, eyewitnesses said. Many students of matriculation had missed their first paper as the police had disallowed them to pass through the GT Road, they said.
Two medical students were seen arguing with the police near Suray Pul. They were asking for permission to pass through the main road to take their examination.
The behaviour of police had been very rough with them. They did not understand the importance of final examination, said people who were stuck at the Suray Pul.
Enraged by the strict security measures, they said the police had stopped even an ambulance taking a patient to the Lady Reading Hospital.
“He expired in the ambulance as he could not reach the hospital,” said an eyewitness.
However, officials could not confirm that the patient had died.
