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Pakistan: life returns towards normalcy in Khaipur adjoining areas

By NNN-APP

Sukkur, Pakistan : Life has returned to normal in Pakistan’s riot hit Khairpur, Gambat, Ranipur, Kumb, Mirwah, Nara, Sobho Dero, Kot Diji Rohri, and other areas of the district following former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassination.

The main bazaars and business centres of the Khairpur district re-opened and commercial activities were going on almost normally on Tuesday.

PPP-P leaders Dr Mehreen Bhutto, Nafeesa Shah, Nawab Hussain Wassan, and others visited different parts of the town and appealed to the traders to continue their business without any fear.

Ms Mehreen Bhutto told the traders that PPPP workers were not involved in causing damage to the public and private properties, adding that the miscreants were behind the act.

Similarly, all the main bazaars in Gambat, , Khuhra, Ranipur, Kumb, Kot Diji, Nara, Sobho Dero, Mirwah, Faiz Gunj, Ahmedpur and other parts were also re-opened in the morning.

Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh, Zia-ul-Hassan has transferred District Police Officer (DPO) Khairpur on the charge of failure in controlling the violent situation in the Khairpur district.

IGP Sindh has taken serious notice of the killing of 11 people in Khairpur in violence and setting ablaze of all government properties and PML-F House and Office.

However, the Khairpur police lodged more then 50 FIRs against 1,200 PPP activists and arrested more than 100 from different areas of the district.

In other development, Director Operation Pakistan Railways (PR) Junaid Qureshi Tuesday said that suspended train service has been partially restored across the country.

Talking to APP here he said that after the restoration of train service between Lahore and Karachi, the first train Karakuram Express from Lahore departed Tuesday afternoon for the port city.

Khyber Mail will leave from Peshawar for Karachi Tuesday night via Lahore while from Karachi it would also depart as per schedule.

He said that five freight trains have left Rohri to Karachi, while on the other hand, two passenger trains namely Quetta Express and Winter Vacation Express have left Karachi for Quetta.

Similarly, Tezgam, Super Express and Chiltan Express will run as per time table from Jan 2.

He said Pakistan Railways would restore all the train service across the country as soon as possible after rehabilitation work on the damaged tracks and bridges in Sindh is completed.

Pakistan Railways (PR) had to suspend its train service in certain areas of Sindh as Railway installations including trains, tracks, locomotives, bridges, level crossings, communication towers and other operational instruments came under severe attacks by the angry mobs on Saturday and Sunday.

This cost PR billions of rupees as the miscreants burnt and damaged over 63 railway stations, 29 locomotives, 31 level crossings, 170 coaches 18 bridges and 5 cranes.

The other items included 27 block instruments and one VHF tower between Rohri and Sukkur causing railways communication de-link between the Sindh and rest of the country.

As many as at 16 various locations, the rail track was either up-rooted or badly damaged by the mobs, bringing the train operations at halt in Karachi and Sukkur divisions of Sindh.

The deteriorating law and order situation in these areas initially hampered the rehabilitation work, however, the relief was started immediately with the help of over 300 Railways workers and officers in co-ordination with Pakistan Army and Rangers.

More than 3,000 passengers stranded on different locations and trains during the period, were provided food and shelter and transported with the help of Army to their desired destinations.