Police detain QAT activists during protest outside Sindh Assembly

Police have detained 10 activists of Qomi Awami Tehreek (QAT), including female activists protesting outside the Sindh Assembly.

The QAT protested outside the Sindh Assembly against the alleged rigging of the election, in which women were also present.

The administration has tightened security arrangements due to the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected members in the Sindh Assembly and continued to enforce Section 144 in the area, due to which no protest is allowed within the limits of Section 144.

In addition to that, the police also charged batons to disperse the protesting workers.

On the other hand, due to the protest, the flow of traffic from the nursery to the FTC on Shahrah-e-Faisal is severely affected.

Earlier, opposition parties in Sindh have announced plans to jointly stage a protest outside the provincial assembly during its inaugural session, citing what they perceive as ‘historic rigging’ in the 2024 General Elections.

Leaders from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fzal (JUI-F) made this announcement during a joint press conference.

PTI Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh alleged various forms of rigging in Karachi, Hyderabad, Larkana, and Sukkur, stating that there would be no dialogue with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) as both parties allegedly benefited from the rigging.