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Summary People of Punjab rose up in protest Monday against sharp rise in fuel prices.
Protest rallies were taken out in several cities of Punjab, including Faisalabad, Sialkot, Sahiwal, Multan and other cities.Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority, a federal set-up, has increased the prices of petrol by nearly Rs 9 per litres and CNG by nearly Rs 12 per kilogram.Protesters blocked Sargodha Road in Faisalabad by burning tyres. They also vented out their anger by battering the roadside billboards. Traffic remained halted for at least two hours. Several of the billboards were uprooted by the raging protesters who were shouting anti-government slogans.In Sialkot, Provincial Food Minister Muhammad Mansha led a protest of PML-N workers. Similarly, Provincial Minister Malik Nadeem Kamran and MNA Pir Imran Ahmed led a demonstration in Sahiwal against hike in fuel prices.Muslim Student Federation staged a demo at Kutchehri Chowk in Multan. The demonstrators burnt tyres to block the road.
