Earlier in the day, Sindh police stopped the Kisan Insaf Rally near Nooriabad on the National Highway from marching towards Karachi. The rally had started its journey from Hyderabad in the afternoon to protest against the refusal of sugar mills to pay the officially fixed price of cane crop to growers. After the rally participants were cornered near Nooriabad, PTI workers came out in their support in Karachi and staged a sit-in near Metropole Hotel. The rally was organised by PTI Sindh chapter to express support with the cane growers. He claimed that two ministers had extended fake assurances to the farmers regarding the start of crushing season at sugar mills and the payment of official rate to cane growers.

Source: Pakistan Today January 03, 2018 19:41 UTC