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Shops and trading activities in some suburban parts of the city remained partially closed, along with the suspension of public transport service, on Friday, as a coalition of Sindh’s nationalist and opposition parties had given a call for wheel-jam strike mainly to protest the imposition of the local bodies’ system in the province.
The strike call, given by the Sindh Bachayo Committee (SBC), was against the enactment of Sindh Peoples Local Government Act-2012, the possible government’s announcement for the construction of the controversial Kalabagh Dam, and misbehaviour meted out to female members of the opposition during a session of the Sindh Assembly.
According to inhabitants of the affected suburban areas, shops and market centres in a number of outskirts were shut down from Thursday evening when some armed elements resorted to firing and torched several vehicles in the vicinities of these areas.
The area of University Road near Meteorological Complex till Safoora Chowrangi wore a complete deserted look late on Thursday evening with the darkening of streets and alleys due to the switching off of street and ambient lights. All shops, trading centres, and eateries in the area were closed when armed miscreants forcibly shutdown business activities, resorted to aerial firing, and also torched public transport vehicles. Trading activities remained suspended in the area near University Road in most part of the day on Friday. Other areas in the city where shops and market centres remained partially closed and public transport remained thin included Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Sachal Goth, Shah Lateef Town, parts of Landhi and Korangi, Malir, Khokhrapar, Memon Goth, Dhoraji, Steel Town, Kaneez Fatima Society, Abul Hasan Isphahani Road, parts of Bin Qasim, and Gadap towns.
Attendance in educational institutions and offices of public and government sector organisations also remained thin. The work in offices of town and union council administrations in these areas also remained affected. Very few public buses plied on roads of the affected localities.
At a press conference later in the day, SBC convener Syed Jalal Mahmood Shah said that masses of Sindh had fully supported and observed the strike to give a united message to the enemies of Sindh. He said that in interior of Sindh, National Highway and Super Highway were completely closed. He said the present government had once again reawakened the issue of the controversial Kalabagh Dam in order to fulfill its ulterior motives against the interests of masses.
Shops and trading activities in some suburban parts of the city remained partially closed, along with the suspension of public transport service, on Friday, as a coalition of Sindh’s nationalist and opposition parties had given a call for wheel-jam strike mainly to protest the imposition of the local bodies’ system in the province.
The strike call, given by the Sindh Bachayo Committee (SBC), was against the enactment of Sindh Peoples Local Government Act-2012, the possible government’s announcement for the construction of the controversial Kalabagh Dam, and misbehaviour meted out to female members of the opposition during a session of the Sindh Assembly.
According to inhabitants of the affected suburban areas, shops and market centres in a number of outskirts were shut down from Thursday evening when some armed elements resorted to firing and torched several vehicles in the vicinities of these areas.
The area of University Road near Meteorological Complex till Safoora Chowrangi wore a complete deserted look late on Thursday evening with the darkening of streets and alleys due to the switching off of street and ambient lights. All shops, trading centres, and eateries in the area were closed when armed miscreants forcibly shutdown business activities, resorted to aerial firing, and also torched public transport vehicles. Trading activities remained suspended in the area near University Road in most part of the day on Friday. Other areas in the city where shops and market centres remained partially closed and public transport remained thin included Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Sachal Goth, Shah Lateef Town, parts of Landhi and Korangi, Malir, Khokhrapar, Memon Goth, Dhoraji, Steel Town, Kaneez Fatima Society, Abul Hasan Isphahani Road, parts of Bin Qasim, and Gadap towns.
Attendance in educational institutions and offices of public and government sector organisations also remained thin. The work in offices of town and union council administrations in these areas also remained affected. Very few public buses plied on roads of the affected localities.
At a press conference later in the day, SBC convener Syed Jalal Mahmood Shah said that masses of Sindh had fully supported and observed the strike to give a united message to the enemies of Sindh. He said that in interior of Sindh, National Highway and Super Highway were completely closed. He said the present government had once again reawakened the issue of the controversial Kalabagh Dam in order to fulfill its ulterior motives against the interests of masses.
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