KARACHI, Feb 27: A number of PPP workers and their leaders and other supporters took out a rally and staged a sit-in in Bin Qasim Town to protest against the allotment of land adjacent to the historic Chaukandi graveyard to a private industrial firm.

The protestors marched from Razzaqabad Bus Stop to the Bin Qasim Town office; then they marched to the Malir Development Authority’s office and staged a sit-in, which blocked traffic on the both tracks of the National Highway.

The protestors, led by PPP MPA Sajid Jokhio and others, chanted slogans against the government and said the authorities were doling out precious land and priceless heritage to private parties to the extent that they had even did not maintained the sanctity of one of the most frequented heritage sites.

They warned that they would resort to full-fledged agitation if the government did not withdraw the allotment immediately.