SUKKUR: Hari leader arrested

Published April 20, 2005

SUKKUR, April 19: Shar tribesmen staged a protest demonstration and sit-in in front of the Daharki police station on Tuesday following the arrest of President of the Sindh Hari Committee, Comrade Mandhal Shar. Daharki police arrested Comrade Shar and locked him at the police station and SHO Daharki told local journalists that Mr Shar had been arrested on the directives of the DPO Ghotki issued after application had been submitted to Premier Shaukat Aziz by Mr Mandhal Shar during his visit to Khangarh on Monday.—BoC

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