Dozens of citizens and law personnel were injured in Chaman when they clashed on Friday as the residents continued their sit-in in the city for the last nine months. The train service was also suspended amid clashes.
The locals under the banner of All-Parties Tajar Laghri Ittehad have been protesting against the Passport Trolling Policy of the government in Chaman. There was a complete shutdown in the city on the third day and all markets and shops were closed.
The situation in the city is highly tense as the security forces bombarded with shells the protesters while the angry locals stormed the public offices. Clashes between security forces and the protesters continued in the Chaman city.
Over 30 protesters, 8 policemen and 10 Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel have been injured in the fresh clashes. Some of the injured persons have been admitted to the hospital.
The residents of Chaman are protesting against the passport system because their houses are in Pakistan but their yards are in Afghanistan. More than 35 thousand people cross the border daily for employment but the last caretaker government’s interior minister introduced the passport system and stopped free movement of locals at the Pak-Afghan border which is continued in the sitting elected government.