A large number of people gathered on Karachi's Mauripur Road to protest over not getting rations amid a provincial lockdown.

According to police, ration was being distributed among 200-250 residents of Machar Colony when people from surrounding areas also gathered to collect rations. The crowd swelled to some 500-600 people upon which distribution was halted.

This angered the people who started protesting and pelting stones at vehicles moving on the road, demanding rations and opening of fisheries so that the protesters (mostly fishermen) could earn their livelihood, police said.

However, the protesters dispersed after assurances from local officials that their concerns would be forwarded to the relevant authorities for resolution.