They even cut off power supply to police in protest. Also in Pakistan, 18-year-old weightlifter who broke records in the Commonwealth Games. Here’s what’s happening across the border
Chinese engineers and workers engaged in the construction of the M4 Motorway from Bahawalpur to Faisalabad beat up local police officers deployed for their safety because they were not allowed to visit a local ‘red light’ area.
They started protesting against police when they were denied permission to leave their camp without being accompanied by security. According to the officers, they then supposedly cut the power supply to the police camp on the premises the next day.
Many Chinese citizens have been working in Pakistan on various CPEC projects.
On Wednesday, the Chinese workers abandoned the heavy machinery and vehicles at the construction site and went on a strike in protest. The workers also wrote a letter to Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif, claiming that the police officers displayed violent behaviour towards them. Police, however, denied the claim and suggested that some of the Chinese workers be deported.
Ministers address misuse of loudspeakers for hate speech
Eighty-two cases have been registered against the misuse of loudspeakers in Pakistan; 14 of them against citizens using them to “spread hate content”.
Pakistani ministers held a meeting Thursday to tackle the problem. Led by federal minister for religious affairs Sardar Muhammad Yousaf, the ministers agreed to establish a dialogue centre to promote inter-faith harmony. A bill to this end is under contemplation.
Pakistani weightlifter breaks record at Commonwealth Games
Talha Talib, an 18-year-old, bagged a bronze medal in the 62-kg weightlifting competition at the Commonwealth Games 2018 in Australia Thursday. He lifted a total of 283 kg.
A native of Gurjanwala, Talib also broke the Commonwealth record in snatch by lifting 132 kg in his third attempt. The athlete lost to Malaysia’s Anzil Bidin, who lifted 288 kg for gold, and Papua New Guinea’s Morea Baru, who lifted 286 kg for silver.
Talib has dreams of representing Pakistan at the 2020 Olympics.
1,643 cases of violence against women registered in Sindh since last year
A report released by the Sindh government’s women development department recorded 1,643 cases of violent acts against women, including 13 cases of honour killing, in the past year. The data was collected from cases registered at women complaint cells and Benazir Bhutto Centre for Women in Sindh from 1 July 2017.
Jacobabad and Hyderabad have emerged as the cities with the most number of honour killings.
There were several cases of domestic violence too. Benazirbad topped the list with 55 of the 252 domestic violence cases reported. The other cases reported included those of domestic violence, gang rape and child marriage.