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JACOBABAD, June 3: A large number of journalists and activists of different political parties took part in a procession held on Sunday in protest against robbery a day ago in the house of a reporter of a private TV channel.
The procession led by District Union of Journalists president Nazar Abbas Shah started from the press club and marched on the DCO Road and School Road before reaching the Quetta Road where the participants staged a sit-in for a few minutes.
The protesters later moved to the residences of federal minister Abdul Razzaq Thaheem and provincial adviser Naseer Khan Khoso where they burnt tyres and raised slogans against police.
The leaders said that police had completely failed to control law and order in the district where incidents of robbery and kidnapping had become order of the day.
They pledged to continue protest until the police recovered robbed gold, cash and valuables and arrested the robbers. They also demanded protection for journalists.
ROBBERY: Six armed men forced a passenger coach, wagons and trucks to stop near Abad police station early on Sunday morning and deprived the passengers and rivers of cash, mobile phones and valuables.
The angry passengers who blocked the Indus Highway in protest said the bandits opened fire on the vehicles to make them to stop.
They ended the blockade after the police assured them of arresting the robbers.
ACCIDENT: A motorcyclist was killed after his vehicle got out of his control due to over-speeding and hit a tree in the Abad area on Sunday.
