07-13-2009, 10:41 AM
LAHORE: Protesters participating in a demonstration against load shedding in the country hurled empty plastic bottles at Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira when he tried to pacify them on Sunday. Residents of Lalamusa were staging the protests to voice their concerns about the load shedding and the hike in petroleum prices, Online news agency reported. They threw the bottles at the minister when he tried to persuade them to disperse peacefully. Police resorted to baton charge and aerial firing after the incident, and arrested dozens of protesters, a private TV channel reported. Kaira told a press conference later that the incident was already forgotten, as the protesters were his “brothers”. daily times monitor
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