JUI-F leaders booked for blocking highway
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KARACHI: Moachko police on Friday registered a case against some leaders and workers of the Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl for blocking the highway linking Karachi with Balochistan through Hub as the JUI-F started the second phase of its protest against the federal government after ending its sit-in in the federal capital.
Hub Area SHO Mohammed Wasim said the case had been registered against 250 baton-armed people, including some JUI-F leaders and supporters, after they suddenly blocked the highway, causing collision between vehicles and damage to some of them.
He said that the FIR had been registered against 250 people, including JUI-F provincial secretary general Allama Rashid Mehmood Soomro and some other leaders and workers, but said that no arrest had been made so far.
Police have invoked sections 147 (punishment for riots), 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 427 (mischief).
Till late Friday night, the JUI-F’s sit-in on the highway continued for the second consecutive day. The SHO said that the protesters had informed the police that they would vacate the road at night, but resume their sit-in on Saturday morning.
Meanwhile, JUI-F leader Qari Usman told Dawn that the PPP was ruling Sindh, which was their ‘ally’ in the protest against the federal government.
He said that it was ‘incomprehensible’ why the case had been registered against their party leaders and workers. He vowed to continue the protest as such tactics would not deter them from holding their sit-in.
Published in Dawn, November 16th, 2019
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Nov 16, 2019 07:42am
Maulana and his folks are creating nightmare for IK and his government. They are persistent.
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Nov 16, 2019 07:57am
Well done. Teach these houligans a lesson to remember forever!
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Nov 16, 2019 07:59am
Give Maulana a bone by holding re-elections in D I Khan. Hopefully people will once again give him the treatment he deserves.
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Nov 16, 2019 08:13am
Pakistan needs schools , universities , hospitals , and polytechnic centers , and all efforts must be made to do it , all patriots must come togather to build a nation , who rules and which party rules is of little significance.
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Nov 16, 2019 08:16am
Lock them up for the good of their health
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Nov 16, 2019 08:19am
No one is above law. They must be barred for ever.
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Nov 16, 2019 08:20am
No freedom to protest? This is going against democracy.
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Nov 16, 2019 08:28am
That's clever, block the highway and create misery for the public and hinder business.
They seem to be getting away with things pretty much scott free anyway despite the leaders being booked.
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Nov 16, 2019 08:32am
Send them all to prison for violating the law and impose one man rule in country to handle this holllgnism in country.
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Nov 16, 2019 08:38am
Unless they are removed by force, they will continue to create law and order situation.
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Nov 16, 2019 08:56am
@Taj, Just wait till they block a road and you have to go some where. What is their demand and what solutions are +hey coming with? This is not democracy, it's blackmail.
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Nov 16, 2019 08:59am
Arrest these ignorant buffoons
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Nov 16, 2019 09:09am
@Justice, really ? Where ?
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Nov 16, 2019 09:13am
@Justice, they're creating nightmare not just for govt but the people too. They're violence prone minority creating havoc for the peaceful majority.
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Nov 16, 2019 09:14am
@Taj, freedom to protest does not mean freedom to disrupt other people's lives.
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Nov 16, 2019 09:16am
Blocking the highway and causing collisions is against the law, I don’t care who rules Sindh. Good day.
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Nov 16, 2019 09:16am
@Justice, But they have been ineffective at best.
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Nov 16, 2019 09:18am
@Taj, Freedom to Protest is one thing, and part of any democracy, but blocking highways and causing collisions is against the law, learn the difference.
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Nov 16, 2019 09:19am
Finally, a government willing to stand up to these extremists.
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Nov 16, 2019 09:20am
I'm so proud of my Pakistani people we out right reject these folks who try to sell religion.
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Nov 16, 2019 09:20am
@Taj,
The right to protest isn’t a right to be a nuisance to the public. Their right to protest doesn’t trump the public’s right to live their life.
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Nov 16, 2019 09:24am
It is against the law to block public places including roads & highways. The police should forcibly and immediately implement the law without exceptions and without any relaxation. No protester has the right to disrupt public life. The people blocking roads should be arrested and tried in terrorist courts
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Nov 16, 2019 09:25am
@Taj, Is this a protest or a disturbance to people.
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Nov 16, 2019 09:44am
@Justice, you Indians never have anything good for people of Pakistan.
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Nov 16, 2019 09:45am
@Taj, they have freedom to protest not road to block people route. To give one right of prrstest and disturbing other fundamental right block. You cannot do that. They want confrontation, so government will do to keep road open.
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Nov 16, 2019 09:46am
Lock 'em up. Common criminals.
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Nov 16, 2019 10:12am
@American,
Funny isn't it. The Indians just wish us bad while their country keeps plunging deeper into problems.
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Nov 16, 2019 10:13am
@Justice,
Pity the hateful life of a person who has only the RSS injected venom to spread. Get well soon.
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Nov 16, 2019 10:22am
Put them behind bars & their leaders.
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Nov 16, 2019 10:23am
I was in Islamabad and these thugs were walking around with batons being a nuisance. These thugs should be jailed for being a threat to public safety and blocking roads. Peaceful protestors don't block roads nor need batons. Otherwise it is not peaceful. Protestors should require a permit and protesters should not be allowed to camp. They are welcome to return the next day if they have a permit. Any costs associated with clean up and security should be paid by the protestors - not the public. Finally, permits should only be issued if a bond is provided to cover cleanup and security costs.
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Nov 16, 2019 10:48am
Sadly this is how politics works in Pakistan. Imran Niazi did this all five year long and he is PM now.
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Nov 16, 2019 10:53am
The JUI F , plan B is only a nuisance to general public. The entire nation is not with JUI F , F for Fail.
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Nov 16, 2019 10:56am
Plan B, is more pathetic than Plan A. Plan C, will be a real hoot, good for a laugh.
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Nov 16, 2019 10:56am
Government plan, ‘J’, for Jail. The lot of them.
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Nov 16, 2019 10:57am
@Justice, Not creating nightmare but nuisance to public.
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Nov 16, 2019 10:58am
@American, Same feelings other side.
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Nov 16, 2019 11:00am
@Taj, democracy does not involve blocking highways, hurting the economy and causing vehicles to crash while carrying around batons to threaten people with violence.
These people do not deserve freedom to protest because they will only misuse it
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Nov 16, 2019 11:10am
These few hundred hooligans by obstructing traffic on highways, are trespassing rights of commuters and are guilty of breaking the law, it is surprising why police feels satisfied by doing cosmetics such as filing FIR. Unless these elements are not apprehended and proceeded against in the court of law, we are fast heading towards anarchy and chaos wherein being emboldened they are bound to create serious law and order situation in the near future.
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Nov 16, 2019 11:35am
@Taj, blocking roads is not protests. What they did in Islambad was protest and they were facilitated there.
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Nov 16, 2019 11:36am
@Justice,
You Indians wish.
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Nov 16, 2019 12:08pm
Blocking a highway which is used by people is a crime and there is no justification for that.
Fazlur Rehmans days are left in numbers. The climax may bring some havoc but there is no way to tame this beast.
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Nov 16, 2019 12:27pm
@reality check, exactly
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Nov 16, 2019 12:28pm
@reality check, very correct.
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Nov 16, 2019 01:33pm
Pakistan will be a peaceful and rich country without the parties like JUI-F. Ban the religious-cum-political parties immediately.
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Nov 17, 2019 01:41am
Law breakers must be punished no matter who they are alligned with.
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Nov 17, 2019 04:18pm
@Peaceful Pakistan, Yeah, it must be the same lesson as taught to the leaders of the incumbent government.
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