A partial strike was observed in parts of Sindh on Saturday on a call by the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) following arrest of party workers.
The JSMM had announced a strike call in the province against what it called the British government’s silence over Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain’s statement about the division of province.
JSMM chairman Shafi Burfat said in a statement Friday that if the British government remained silent while its soil was used against Sindh then its interests in the province would be at stake.
The police arrested several workers of nationalist parties after a series of cracker blasts in the Interior Sindh and Karachi while around 13 SHOs were suspended over negligence. Thin traffic was observed even on main roads early Saturday morning. Most of the business outlets markets and petrol pumps were reportedly shut in most areas of interior Sindh including Sukkur and Tando Muhammad Khan. At least three activists of nationalist parties were arrested from Larkana while two were nabbed from Kotri. The police conducted search operation in Hyderabad and rounded up around 20 suspects. Dozens of other activists were arrested from troubled areas of the metropolis.
Various cities of Sindh including Karachi were rocked with cracker explosions on Friday evening. Around 48 cracker explosions were heard however no one was harmed.
