KARACHI: Police on Sunday took into custody Fix-it campaign founder Alamgir Khan outside Karachi Press Club, who along with supporters was heading towards Chief Minister House to protest against the alleged misconduct of police.
Police resorted to tear gas shelling, aerial firing and use of water canon to disperse protesters.
The founder of the non-political campaign, which claims to address the problems of common people and the supporters planned to protest outside the CM House today.
Before reaching the CM House, protesters started a demonstration in front of the press club and faced resistance from police.
According to police, it stopped the protesters from reaching the CM House as the Sindh CM was not present there.
“We tried to tell them [the protesters] that Section 144 has been imposed in the city and offered them to march towards DIG South office or Commissioner Office instead,” said a police officer while speaking to the media at the site.
“We warned them not to march towards the CM House but the protesters tried to take the law into their own hands and were becoming difficult to control,” the officer added.
Provincial Minister Nasir Khan also advised the protesters to protest outside the Governor House, however, the protesters did not pay heed to the instruction.
It is important to note that Section 144 has already been imposed in the city till the mid of April and the site of protest and surroundings are declared as high-security areas.
Alamgir Khan’s campaign is aimed at covering unsealed manholes in the metropolis and shot to fame by spray-painting the images of former Sindh CM Qaim Ali Shah on open manholes and along the piles of garbage to draw attention to underlying administrative issues of the city.
