Geo offices besieged; Jang copies set ablaze

KARACHI: The activists of Pakistan People”s Party (PPP) that claims to spearhead the truthfulness, surrounded the offices of Geo News TV Network and Daily Jang situated at II Chundrigar Road, Geo News reported Tuesday.

The operatives that continued pouring in at the scene since noon today, sustained the siege of the offices and pelted them with stones.

The PPP operatives showed shoes to the Geo News workers and uttered abusive words and set on fire the copies of Daily Jang.

The PPP workers wielding flags of the party were raising the full-throated slogans in favour of President Asif Ali Zardari.

The party workers went on wall chalking spree under police cover writing bad meaning sentences and graffiti against Geo and Jang; however, police and administration kept standing as silent spectators.

The Jialas set on fire the copies of Jang newspaper on the main road. The armed people tortured Geo News’ driver and snatched papers from the news stalls with police standing nearby mum on the incident.

The PPP’s jialas spawned a mess on II Chuandrigar Road, which triggered massive gridlock on the adjacent roads including MA Jinnah Road and Shara-e-Faisal, posing huge hardships for the people.