Mass demonstration: 10 injured in scuffle with police

KARAK: Nearly 10 people, including two police personnel, were injured on Sunday in Karak district when a scuffle broke out between police and Khattak Ittehad activists. The latter were protesting against low gas pressure and power outages outside a gas service meter station near Jail Chowk. Police resorted to aerial firing and tear-gas to disperse the protesters. Meanwhile, the Khattak Ittehad activists retaliated by pelting stones at the police. According to eyewitnesses, they took control of the station and a police vehicle. The protesters damaged the electricity line to the station and closed the main valve of gas transmission. They also closed the Indus Highway for five hours.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 8^th, 2014.