Workers of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) have held a protest demonstration at Karachi’s Toll Plaza, ahead of its planned protest outside the Sindh Assembly. JUI-F Sindh Secretary General Allama Rashid Mahmood Soomro led the protest viewed that the party workers want to stage a protest outside the provincial assembly. The protest has disrupted traffic flow at the Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway. Soomro asserted that protesting was their constitutional right, which he said was being taken away from the party. He demanded that the Sindh police chief tell them under which law they were not being allowed to enter the city.

The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has said its supporters from other cities are being stopped by the police at Karachi’s Toll Plaza, ahead of its planned protest outside the Sindh Assembly today. In a statement, JUI-F spokesperson Sami Swati said, “Talks with the police administration are under way about stopping the caravans.” “Groups of people from across Sindh are reaching Karachi to participate in the protests. The main group will reach the Sindh Assembly from Awami Markaz as a rally, he added.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)