Sukkur: Unknown armed men, who were traveling in three sports utility vehicles, fired the sleeping protesters early on Sunday morning in a camp in Babarloi Bypass where lawyers and their followers had begun a sitting for an indefinite period two days ago against the construction of six channels in the Indo River.
When the protesters woke up and went after the attackers, they escaped immediately.
The president of the Karachi Lawyers Association, Aamir Nawaz Warraich, said the attackers had arrived in three vehicles: a white Fortuner, a black V8 and a black Vigo and fled after shooting the participants sitting.
He said three protesters were injured. “No one can bow to us with such a cowardly act. We repeatedly say that we have been using our death roofs. Or we will be martyred here or we will rise with the notification against the channels,” he warned.
“More than 48 hours have passed since our sitting began. We have given the 72 -hour ultimatum to the government to issue the notification for the cancellation of the channels. However, we will expand our protest and announce our course of future action after the consultation on Monday,” he said.
Meanwhile, the sitting entered its third day, with long tails of vehicles that extend for several kilometers due to the traffic block on the bridge.
KBA attack condemn
The president of the KBA said in a statement that the attack took place between 5 am and 6 am on Sunday, when three SUVs approached the manifestors and their armed occupants opened fire before fleeing.
He described the attack as “shameful” and called it a direct assault on democracy and the Indo River, demanding an immediate arrest of the main guilty and judicial investigation into the incident.
He said that Indo was not simply a source of water, but an essence of his identity, culture, economy and survival. “When his land grabs, when his people are displaced, when the voices that defend it are attacked, it is the Indo that bleeds,” said the statement.
The association warned that the trigger incident was a dangerously increasing trend of silencing dissent through violence and fear. “Let it be clear: no amount of repression can drown the truth. KBA remains firm in its commitment to protect the Indo, defend the Constitution and defend the rights of people,” he added.
The association reiterated its demand for immediate and transparent judicial investigation and asked to stop the attackers.
In a video statement, Warraich said that the deadline of 72 hours granted to the Government to address the demands of protesters would expire on Monday (today). The protesters had previously received threats and had even been attacked in previous attacks, but such tactics would not force them to recover their demands.
He clarified that the protest would continue until the notification on the construction of the channels was withdrawn. The next course of action would be announced at a press conference on Monday night, he said.
The legal fraternity and several nationalist parties in Sindh have been organizing the seated in Babarloi omitted against the construction of six channels, corporate agriculture and the 26th amendment of the amendment and the sin amendments.
The child suffers a gunshot wound
Ayan Ali Khajjar, a 12 -year -old boy, received a gunshot wound during a manifestation of protest taken from the town of Ghaslate Depot (Kerosene Depot) who falls within the jurisdiction of the Rehmatpur Police station.
The child was urgently taken to the trauma center at the Medicine Hospital of Medicine in Chandka, where it was said that his condition was stable.
The child’s uncle, Anees Khajjar, declared that the shots were shot when a group of protesters was asking merchants in the town to break down the blinds. Larkana SSP Ahmed Chaudhry has called for a show report in the incident.
Meanwhile, JSQM-B local leaders met the sho and urged him to register a fir against the culprits.
Posted in Dawn, April 21, 2025
