NAWABSHAH, May 12: Traders were forced to close markets after some miscreants smashed the windowpanes of some shops in Liaquat Market here on Saturday.

Reports reaching here said that miscreants armed with clubs smashed windowpanes of shops in the market while driving on a motorcycle. The shopkeepers heard them shouting that they should close their businesses because of the bloodbath in Karachi. Though the police asked the shopkeepers to keep their shops open but majority of traders opted to close their shops.