A shutter-down strike was observed in interior Sindh on Saturday following the call to strike given by Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) against the investigation team constituted by the Sindh government to look into the murder of its chairman Bashir Qureshi.
According to reports from interior Sindh, JSQM workers forcibly closed business centres by firing shots in the air and ransacking the business centres that were open.
Reports said there was a partial strike in Hyderabad, while a complete shutter-down strike was observed in Jamshoro, Padeedan, Dadu, Johi and other cities.
Protestors also burnt tyres on the highways and major city roads to force vehicular traffic off the roads.
Reports said dozens of JSQM activists were injured and some were arrested during clashes with the police.
Sindh University, Jamshoro and Shah Abdul Latif University in Khairpur were forced to postpone several examination papers.