UBAURO, March 29: Two people, including a former UC nazim, reportedly died in scuffle with police and hundreds of others arrested when thousands of Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) and Hur Jamaat activists held a protest demonstration and blocked traffic on the National Highway at Sindh-Punjab border near Kamu Shaheed area on Thursday.

A convoy comprising tens of thousands of PML-F and Hur jamaat activists from Sukkur and Ghotki districts demonstrated when Punjab police stopped them at Sindh-Punjab border from proceeding to Punjab to participate in a public meeting in Rahimyar Khan to accord welcome to newly-elected PML-F Punjab President and former District Nazim of Rahimyar Khan Makhdoom Syed Ahmed Mahmood.

The police blocked the border and stopped them from proceeding to Punjab. In reaction, the Hurs staged a sit-in on the highway and blocked traffic for eight hours.

The DSP of Sadiqabad, Rana Saeed, said that police stopped the crowd due to imposition of section 144 in Rahimyar Khan.

The police arrested hundreds of PML-F and Hur Jamaat activists.—PPI