Inconvenience: Faisalabadis protest slow road work

On receipt of information, a city government team reached the scene and talked with the protesters.


Our Correspondent September 19, 2014

FAISALABAD:


Nearly 300 residents of Bhaiwala, Gatti and adjoining areas held a protest demonstration on Jhumrah-Faisalabad Road on Friday against the slow pace of construction on the road.


The demonstrators carried posters and placards and chanted slogans against the cite district government. They also burnt tyres and blocked the road for traffic. The protesters also stopped a train on the Faisalabad-Jhumrah intersection.

Ali Akhar, a resident of Gatti, said the delay in finishing the construction had caused many problems for the people. “Traffic has been re-routed and our commutes to the city have become harder,” he said. Muhammad Ismail told newsmen that a number of complaints had been registered with the city government but the construction was not expedited.

He said the road was blocked with cement, gravel, boulders and other obstacles.

On receipt of information, a city government team reached the scene and talked with the protesters.

They were assured that action would be taken against those who had delayed completion of the project.

They said action would also be taken against the contractor for creating road blocks.

The protesters were promised that the road work would be completed in two weeks.

On this assurance, they dispersed peacefully.

Protest against police for failing to arrest ‘paedophiles’

As many as 200 residents of Kosraabad staged a protest demonstration on Faisalabad-Jhang Road against the police for failing to arrest two men who had allegedly assaulted a three-year-old boy.

The protesters blocked the road by burning tyres on both sides. As a result, traffic was suspended for nearly 300 hours.

The protestors told newsmen that Qaiser Abdullah and two of his companions had assaulted a boy after abducting him from his house last week.

They said Jhang Bazar Police had registered a case under Section 377 of the Pakistan Penal Code against him and two other suspects.

They said Abdullah had been arrested but the others were still at large.

A police team reached the spot and negotiated with the protestors. Upon being assured that the men would be arrested as soon as possible, the protesters dispersed.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 20th, 2014.

 

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