{"id":63917,"date":"2024-02-24T14:31:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T14:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/police-tear-gas-baton-charge-opposition-protesters-in-karachi-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-02-24T14:31:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T14:31:59","slug":"police-tear-gas-baton-charge-opposition-protesters-in-karachi-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/police-tear-gas-baton-charge-opposition-protesters-in-karachi-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Police tear gas, baton charge opposition protesters in Karachi | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nKARACHI:
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Police in Karachi tear-gassed and baton-charged protesters of opposition parties on Saturday and arrested dozens for violating Section 144 as they entered the high-security Red Zone to protest against alleged rigging during the February 8 general elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced a joint demonstration outside the Sindh Assembly during its inaugural session.<\/p>\n

However, due to police action against the protesters, the protests spread to different areas of the city and severely affected traffic flow on main thoroughfares.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following the protests, a heavy police presence was deployed on Sharae Faisal and routes from Karsaz and Nursery were blocked by containers, causing severe traffic jams.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read<\/strong>: <\/span>Opposition parties unite in Sindh to protest against \u2018election fraud\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

All routes leading towards the Sindh Assembly and Karachi Press Club were also blocked with containers placed near Urdu Bazar and the Arts Council and other roads.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier, DIG South said the responsibility for any loss of public or private property will be on the protesters aligned with GDA and other opposition parties.\u00a0<\/p>\n

GDA Information Secretary Sardar Abdul Rahim earlier said “over 2,000 party workers have been arrested by police” across Karachi.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the media near the Karachi Press Club, he stated that the GDA’s protest will continue until their demands are met.<\/p>\n

Alternative traffic plan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Traffic was diverted to Awan-e-Sadar, Khajoor Chowk, Fresco Chowk and Regal Chowk\u00a0with\u00a0no movement allowed towards Court Road and MR Kayani Chowk.<\/span><\/p>\n

The traffic police also instructed commuters to avoid unnecessary travel to these areas and to use alternate routes in case of emergency.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: Police in Karachi tear-gassed and baton-charged protesters of opposition parties on Saturday and arrested dozens for violating Section 144 as they entered the high-security Red Zone to protest against alleged rigging during the February 8 general elections.\u00a0 The Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced a joint […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/baton1708775513-0\/baton1708775513-0.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t