Traffic jam: Protest against gas load-shedding
Contingent of police rushed to the scene, negotiated with protesters and managed to disperse them after a few hours
RAWALPINDI:
Scores of people from Pindora area of Rawalpindi came together and blocked IJ Principal Road to protest against gas load-shedding in the locality on Friday. The locals, including woman, came along holding utensils, sticks and bamboos and shouted slogans against the incumbent government. The protest caused a massive traffic jam on IJ Principal Road, Peshawar Road, Pirwadhai Morr, Westrdige, Pirwadhai, Raja Bazaar, Khayaban-e-Jinnah, 9th Avenue, Double Road, Faizabad and on the Islamabad Expressway. A heavy contingent of police rushed to the scene, negotiated with the protesters and managed to disperse them after a few hours.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 7th, 2015.
Scores of people from Pindora area of Rawalpindi came together and blocked IJ Principal Road to protest against gas load-shedding in the locality on Friday. The locals, including woman, came along holding utensils, sticks and bamboos and shouted slogans against the incumbent government. The protest caused a massive traffic jam on IJ Principal Road, Peshawar Road, Pirwadhai Morr, Westrdige, Pirwadhai, Raja Bazaar, Khayaban-e-Jinnah, 9th Avenue, Double Road, Faizabad and on the Islamabad Expressway. A heavy contingent of police rushed to the scene, negotiated with the protesters and managed to disperse them after a few hours.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 7th, 2015.