Case filed against protestors for stopping Aseefa Bhutto Zardari’s convoy

A case has been filed against protestors who stopped the convoy of the First Lady and President Asif Ali Zardari’s youngest daughter near the Jamshoro toll plaza on Thursday.

According to details, the First Information Report (FIR) was registered on May 23 against the protestors for rioting, blocking roads, and interfering in government affairs.

As per Jamshoro Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Zafar Siddiqui, Aseefa was heading to Nawabshah in a convoy when they were stopped near the Jamshoro toll plaza.

The SSP said that protestors also struck vehicles in the convoy with batons, adding that police personnel safely cleared Aseefa’s vehicle within a minute.

A group of people was staging a demonstration against the controversial canal project, which had been postponed indefinitely by the federal government last month, said the police officer.

Following the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) raising objections to the canal project, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed last month that no new canals would be constructed unless a consensus is reached in the Council of Common Interests (CCI).

On April 28, the CCI rejected the federal government’s proposal for the construction of new canals, overturning the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council’s (ECNEC) decision made on February 7.