Social worker Ilyas Khokhar, Jeay Sindh Muttehida Mahaz’s Bejal Sindhi, Shoaib Bhatti, Imdad Baloch and Sindh United Party’s Naved Laghari were among those on hunger strike.
The protests against the toll tax have been going on for two months as people feel that they are being charged unfairly. Protesters threatened to block the Hyderabad-Mirpur Khas road if the government does not resolve the issue. They claim that the toll tax rates are also exorbitant.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 2nd, 2013.
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