LARKANA, Sept 28: A large number of Pakistan People’s Party activists, led by the party’s Qambar-Shahdadkot district president Malik Ghaibi Khan Chandio, besieged a police station in Qambar and held a sit-in on Sunday in protest against registration of an FIR against a local party leader.

The PPP workers took out a procession from the main party office in the town and, carrying banners and placards and raising slogans, besieged the police station, demanding registration of an FIR against the officers of National Programme for Improving Watercourses (NPIW).

The police officers left the police station when PPP workers stormed the station.

They were chanting slogans against the SPO Qambar Sagheer Mughairi for his indifferent attitude towards the people and demanded his transfer.

Police on the compliant of Mohammed Ali Tunio, vice president PPP Qambar, registered FIR against 17 people, including Shahzad Siyal district officer NPIW, Kelash Muma Assistant Engineer, Mohammed Ali Laghari and others for issuing life threats to the complainant. Later, the protesters left the police station.