MIRPURKHAS June 3: Increasing encroachments in the city have made its main roads and bazaars more congested, creating problems for vehicular traffic and pedestrians.

The Mirpurkhas taluka municipal administration and the district government have failed to control growing encroachments in the fourth largest city of Sindh.

Some time ago, encroachments were removed from M. A. Jinnah Road, Umerkot road and bazaars and roads of Satellite Town under the supervision of an army monitoring team. However, people enjoying support of political parties and representatives of local bodies have again encroached upon the main roads, streets and main bazaars.

Scores of pushcarts can be seen at the main Market Chowk, Mirwah Road, Khisak Pura, Anaj Market road etc. Vendors have established businesses at Mirwah Road, M. A. Jinnah Road and outside the Municipal Shopping Centre.

Some pushcart owners told Dawn that the police had allowed their push carts at the main roads against payment of bribe. Citizens have called upon the taluka municipal administration and the district government to remove encroachments.

APC: Sindh Jamaat-i-Islami Naib Ameer Mumtaz Sehto has expressed disappointment over the support of the corps commanders to President Pervez Musharraf ‘at a time when people have expressed dissatisfaction over the policies of General Musharraf.’

He held President Musharraf, the Sindh government and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement responsible for 12 May Karachi killings.

He was speaking at an all-party conference on the Karachi killings and restrictions on private TV channels at the local press club on Sunday.

Syed Hayat Shah Lakyari of the People’s Party Parliamentarians said that the government had imposed restrictions on private TV channels to hide its inefficiency. He called upon the government to withdraw the decision and restore freedom of expression in the country.

Asghar Narejo of the Sindh National Front, Maulana Hafeezur Rehman of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam and Maulana Mohammad Sharif Saeedi of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan also spoke on the occasion.