Party Workers Clash in Pak's Karachi over Rally Venue Dispute
Activists of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), vying to wrest power from the Mutthaida Qaumi Movement (MQM), clashed with each other in parts of the city over a dispute revolving around the location of a rally.
Karachi, May 8 (PTI) Activists of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), vying to wrest power from the Mutthaida Qaumi Movement (MQM), clashed with each other in parts of the city over a dispute revolving around the location of a rally.
The clashes took place in parts of Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Karachi yesterday, a senior police official said, adding that both parties wanted to hold a political gathering at the Hakeem Saeed ground here.
Activists hurled stones at each other and also set some vehicles on fire before police controlled the situation, Gulshan SP Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto said.
"They also destroyed camp offices of each other," he added.
PTI Karachi spokesperson Jamal Siddiqui told Dawn TV that some "party workers sustained injuries in stone pelting."
The parties were at loggerheads over the venue for a planned rally on May 12. "Both parties have applied for permission to hold their rallies at the same venue," Bhutto said.
Shopping malls, petrol pumps and markets remained closed in the area, he said.
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