Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat has directed the district administrations across the province to immediately reopen the roads closed due to the recent protests and alleviate the problems of the people by restoring the means of transportation. A meeting of law enforcement agencies chaired by him on Tuesday decided on a strategy to open the roads closed due to protests. The Law Minister stressed on conveying the instructions of Chief Minister Usman Bazdar to the lower level in this regard. He directed that immediate cases be registered against those who damaged government property and tortured law enforcement officials. Raja Basharat, in view of the arrival of Ramadan, appealed to the protesters to immediately stop the violent protests in respect of holy month and enjoy the freedom of free worship with other Muslim brothers. He said that violence and sabotage were contrary to the peaceful teachings of Islam, so the protesters should end their demonstrations in view of the sanctity of Ramadan causing severe difficulties for the people. Earlier, the law minister condemned the violent protests in a statement and said that no one should be allowed to take the law into their own hands and damage private and public property. He lamented that due to traffic blockade, ambulances and oxygen vehicles could not reach the hospitals, which resulted in loss of precious lives and inconvenience to thousands of Corona patients admitted to the hospitals.
