NAWABSHAH, Feb 29: Police arrested six Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz activists in Sakrand on Sunday and booked 56 others, including the JSQM chairman and vice-chairman, under anti-terrorism laws.

The arrests and registration of case followed a sit-in staged by the JSQM activists in Sakrand on Saturday to protest against the Kalabagh dam and greater Thal canal projects.

Sakrand SHO Abdul Latif Dahri registered the FIR on behalf of the state under section 7, Anti-Terrorism Act, and sections 353, 342, 147, 149 and 504, PPC, for staging the sit-in and resorting to violence.

Those nominated in the FIR included JSQM chairman Bashir Qureshi, vice-chairman Abdul Wahid Arisar, Niaz Kalani, Taj Joyo, Arbab Ali, Ghulam Rasool Chandio, Manzoor Memon, Mohammad Khalil Khaskheli, Anwar Ali Shah, Hafiz Abdul Qayoom Channa, Gul Morio, Qamar Bhatti and Ali Gul Keerio of Pakistan People's Party (SB.)

Those arrested were identified as Rajab Ali Jalbani, Arbelo Rind, Aijaz Ali Rind, Mohammad Sharif Lakho, Mohammad Sharif Vistro and Mashooq Ali Solangi. Meanwhile, Major Ahsan lodged an FIR at the Sakrand police station under sections 147, 148, 342 and 427, PPC, stating therein that some unidentified men attacked their jeep at the Sakrand bypass while they were on the way to Hyderabad.

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