A shutterdown strike is being observed across Balochistan by four political parties — namely BNP, Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, Hazara Democratic Party and National Party — against alleged rigging in the Feb 8 polls.

According to the district administration, the following roads have been closed as workers of the BNP and NP took to the streets:

• Quetta-Chamman highway at Baleli
• Quetta-Karachi highway at Mastung
• Quetta-Jacobabad highway at Sibi, near the Darakshan Housing Scheme
• Gwadar-Karachi highway at Sarband, Quetta
• Sindh-Balochistan highway at Hub
• Balochistan-Punjab highway at Barkhan
• DI Khan-Zhob highway was shut at both places
• The coastal highway was shut at Ormara