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PTI, PPP workers face off during protest march in Sanghar

FM Qureshi warns Bilawal of lodging FIR if PPP again ‘stops pathway’
According to the video clip shared by the PTI Sindh chapter, the PPP allegedly tried to block the convoy of the PTI by standing its workers on the sidewalk of the road, prompting the PTI workers to “clear the road” and chant slogans against the PPP. Screengrab via Twitter/@PTISindhOffice
According to the video clip shared by the PTI Sindh chapter, the PPP allegedly tried to block the convoy of the PTI by standing its workers on the sidewalk of the road, prompting the PTI workers to “clear the road” and chant slogans against the PPP. Screengrab via Twitter/@PTISindhOffice

Workers of PPP and PTI on Wednesday confronted each other when the ruling party convoy entered the Kundiari area of Sanghar as part of its protest against the Sindh ruling party, Aaj News reported.

The PTI march, which is led by party vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi and leader Ali Zaidi, entered the Sindhri town on Mirpurkhas.

In the video clip shared by PTI's Sindh chapter, the PPP workers and supporters seem to be blocking PTI's convoy, prompting the PTI workers to “clear the road” and chant slogans against the PPP.

“The PPP is afraid of PTI’s popularity in Sindh,” Sindh Assembly Opposition Leader Haleem Adil was quoted as saying in the tweet. He also condemned the incident.

Addressing the party workers in Sindhri, Qureshi said: “We have nowhere and never will become hindrance [to the protest]. Yesterday, in Khairpur we could have come in front [of PPP but] we changed our route. We did this to avoid conflict.”

He alleged the PPP had tried to have a conflict and warned PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari of lodging an FIR against the latter and former president Asif Ali Zardari if he or Ali Zaidi were attacked or the Sindh ruling party opted to have conflict.

Qureshi, who is also the foreign minister, urged workers to come together and “end the PPP.”

Earlier in the day, he addressed a press conference in Sakrand. The foreign minister reiterated that the PPP workers “were paid” for joining the protest. The PTI would complete its tenure and the opposition was welcome to table the no-confidence motion in parliament, he added.

Qureshi alleged that the PPP was using government resources in their “so-called march” and reiterated that Bilawal ‘still had to learn.’

“Rs1,400 billion had been allocated for the development of Sindh in the past 14 years. PM Imran Khan has allocated Rs1 trillion for Sindh in just three years”, FM Qureshi said, adding that the audit report showed that 44 per cent of Sindh’s budget went towards “corruption.”

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Ali Zaidi

PPP

Shah Mahmood Qureshi

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari