Gwadar Protest
Pakistan: Thousands participate in sit-in against setting up unnecessary check posts, fishing trawlers in Gwadar
Balochistan/IBNS: Thousands of people demonstrated and staged a sit-in protest against the setting up of unnecessary check posts and fishing trawlers in Gwadar district of Pakistan's Balochistan province, media reports said.
The protesters also participated in a large rally.
A delegation sent by CM Balochistan returned empty-handed as the protesters refused to end their protest, reports The Express Tribune.
The sit-in was initiated by locals led by Maulana Hidayat-ur-Rehman, Provincial General Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Balochistan.
Thousands are participating in the sit-in on Gwadar Port Main Highway, the newspaper reported.
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