Police on Sunday cracked down on protesting workers of civil society, led by Alamgir Khan, outside Karachi Press Club.
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The social workers were protesting outside Karachi Press Club this evening against removal of IG Sindh AD. Khawaja when police used water cannon and baton-charge on them. According to our correspondent said police used the force as ‘FixIt’ campaigners started moving towards the Chief Minister House in Red Zone of the city.
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The protestors were being led by Alamgir Khan, a social worker and founder of FixIt drive who gained media limelight last year for his campaign to cover open manholes in the metropolis.
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Dozens of the FixIt campaigners were rounded up by police. Meanwhile, a good number of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers protested outside Artillery Police Station for the release of Alamgir Khan and his comrades.
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Late night, they also gathered outside Chief Minister House to hold a sit-in demanding Alamgir Khan’s release. Resultantly, Khan was released.
