JUI-F strike over alleged rigging in by-poll hits highway traffic

QUETTA: Traffic between Balochistan and other provin­ces was disrupted for several hours on Wednesday as the Ja­m­iat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) staged a wheel-jam strike.

The protest was called against alleged rigging in the Jan 5 by-election for the provincial constituency PB-45 (Que­tta-8), in which the Pak­is­tan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate was declared the winner by the Election Comm­ission of Pakistan (ECP).

JUI-F leaders claimed the results from 15 polling stations were altered on Form-47 to fav­our the PPP candidate...