Power riots continue in Karachi

Published June 21, 2007

KARACHI, June 20: Riots against power load shedding broke out late Wednesday night on the Sharea Faisal and the Korangi Road in which protesters pelted a food outlet, two banks and public property with stones besides suspending traffic.

Residents of the Akhtar Colony staged a violent protest on the Korangi Road and broke almost all traffic signals. They also pelted a KFC outlet, and two banks in Defence across the road of Akhtar Colony besides shattering windows of numerous vehicles.

Police fired teargas shells to disperse the protesters. The residents of Sharea Faisal in the vicinity of Aisha Bawani School took to the street in protest against prolonged load shedding.

The traffic on Sharea Faisal from Baloch Colony to Metropole Hotel and on Korangi Road remained suspended for hours late in the night.

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