Karachi (HRNW) The Karachi police has registered five cases in as many police stations against former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNA Alamgir Khan Masood, Opposition Leader in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh, MPA Firdous Shamim Naqvi, and over 500 workers.
Among those booked were also MPA Shahnawaz Jadoon and the city Vice President Masroor Siyal.
The PTI’s Karachi leadership and workers had taken to the streets on Tuesday evening in protest against the possible arrest of party Chairman Imran Khan.
During multiple demonstrations, they had blocked vehicular traffic at 15 points of the city.
A case under sections 147, 149, 427 and 341 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) was registered against Haleem Adil Sheikh, Daulat Khan, Umar Khan and 150 others on behalf of the state at Sachal police station.
According to the FIR, Sheikh – along with 150 others – had blocked vehicular traffic at Al-Asif Square. They pelted police with stones, vandalized police vans and damaged public and private properties.
According to the police, the protesters opened fire and attacked police personnel with clubs when they tried to disperse them to restore traffic.
Constables Mujahid Hussain and Nazeer Ali sustained injuries.
A case against MPA Shahnawaz Jadoon, Tariq Jadoon and 90 others was also registered at the Docks police station for blocking the flow of traffic and damaging public properties during protest in Keamari.