NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 13: The town observed strike on Friday on a call given by the Old Students Committee and School Bachayo Committee in protest against encroachment upon playground of a government high school.

The committees’ leaders, Faqir Mohammad Memon, Younus Rajpar and naib nazim of union council Naushahro Feroze, Abdul Qadeer, appealed to the Sindh chief minister to order removal of encroachment from the school ground.

They complained that in spite of several protests and strikes, the government had failed to remove encroachment from the historical school. All the main bazaars and markets, including Shahi Bazaar, Resham Gali and Station Road, remained closed till 3pm.

KILLED: An armed man attacked a couple near Halani on Friday and kidnapped the woman after severely injuring her husband who later died in a hospital. One Foju Lashari seriously injured Mour Shar and kidnapped his wife Shabbiran.—BoC