MANSEHRA: The residents blocked the Karakoram Highway here on Wednesday to protest murder of a resident in Pakhwal area.
They placed the body of Mohammad Shabbir on the highway and blocked it to traf fic shouting slogans for the arrest of the gunmen. Motorists and commuters remained stranded for over an hour in long queues of the vehicles.
The protesters dispersed peacefully after the policemen showed up and assured them of the early arrest of those named for the murder.
The deceased`s mother told reporters that Bilal and his accomplice knocked at the door of their house and when her son Mohammad Shabbir came out they fired, leaving him seriously injured.
The injured was rushed to the King Abdullah Teaching Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead and handed over his body to his f amily af ter carrying out the medical legal formalities there.
Meanwhile, the residents blocked the Baf f a-Gullibagh Road to protest the growing robbery incidents.
They set fire to old tyres and blocked the road for over an hour demanding the immediate arrest of robbers.
The protesters cleared the road after the police showed up and promised an early crackdown on robbers.
CNG STATIONS WARNED: Deputy commissioner Adnan Khan Behttani has warned that CNG station owners will be subjected to a crackdown if they increase price on their own.
`I have spoken to the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited`s regional manager about the sought-after increase in CNG rate but won`t allow profiteering by CNG stations and will heavily fine owners of such filling stations or even order the sealing of their premises,` he told reporters here on Wednesday.
Af ter learning about the warning, some CNG stations restored their old rate of Rs180 per kg.
Commuters complained that transporters overcharged them citing hike in CNG price as the reason.
Abdul Waheed told reporters that he and other transport users were subjected to high fares during Eid days.
He said the transporters increased fares on their own in the `name of CNG price hike`.-Correspondent
