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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Angry PTI workers continue blockade of NATO suppliesStaff Report
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf workers continued denying access to heavy vehicles transporting supplies for foreign forces in Afghanistan on Monday, while the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police registered cases against 35 people for causing disturbances to public order.
“Dozens of vehicles were forced to return at a number of points in Peshawar, Nowshera, Dera Ismail Khan and Kohat districts, while trucks carrying goods under the Afghan Transit Trade were allowed to continue their journey,” a spokesman for the PTI said in a statement. KP Police chief Nasir Khan Durrani ordered police to file cases against all those who were disturbing public order, after which 35 PTI workers were booked by Pishtakhara Police Station in Peshawar.
They were booked for manhandling truck drivers and obstructing smooth flow of traffic during the protest demonstration against drone strikes on Ring Road near Hayatabad. According to police spokesman, the cases were registered under sections 341, 148 and 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). The ruling PTI moved against NATO supplies after the November 21 drone strike on a madrassa in Hangu District which left six people dead and scores injured.
“Our dharnas, sit-ins continue to stop NATO supplies and the PTI workers are taking keen interest to act on the party policy,” the spokesman went on to add. PTI ministers, however, distanced themselves from the move, saying the party was dealing with this political issue and the ministers had no business with it. “It is the political leadership’s decision and the ministers have no business at all,” Health Minister Shaukat Yousafzai told the media after addressing a seminar. staff report
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk