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Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Power protesters go wild* Police resort to teargas, aerial firing as violent protesters ransack public and private properties
* DSP, SHO among seven injured in Gujranwala
* GEPCO office set on fire
LAHORE/GUJRANWALA: Long hours of announced and unannounced power load shedding have piled up anguish people who took onto streets in various cities of Punjab.
Violent protests were erupted in Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sialkot, Lahore, Multan, Layyah and other cities and towns of the province, where provoked protesters ransacked public and private properties. Police used batten-charge, teargas and aerial firing to disperse the protesters.
In Lahore, infuriated citizens gathered on Bund Road, Shahdara Road, Hall Road, Canal Road, Kot Lakhpat Road, Shamnagar Road, Circular Road and blocked them for all types of vehicular transportation during load shedding hours.
Protesters blocked the motorway at Lilla Interchange, while due to traders’ strike, all markets remained closed in Faisalabad.
In Gujranwala protesters blocked the roads and pelted stones on various offices. Deputy superintendent of police, station house officer and five other sustained injuries. Protestors burned GEPCO office in Gujrat. On the call of traders’ bodies, there was a complete shutter-down in Faisalabad. In Jhang, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf took out a procession in front of the DCO’s office. In Multan annoyed people expressed their anger and took onto streets. Scores of people, most of them bearing canes in hands, staged protest demonstration against prolong load shedding in Sialkot, causing traffic jam on main roads. agencies/staff report
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk