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
