Jacobabad Court Awards 14-Year Jail Terms in Drug Case; Protests Erupt Over Crime, Load Shedding and Road Accident Injuries

JACOBABAD: A District and Sessions Court has sentenced two men to 14 years in prison each and imposed a fine of Rs500,000 each after they were found guilty of possessing five kilograms of hashish. According to police, the convicts, Abdul Jabbar Manjho and Siraj Ahmed, were arrested by City Police in 2024 and later convicted after trial. Failure to pay the fine will result in an additional five months’ imprisonment.
Meanwhile, rising motorcycle snatching incidents triggered protests on the National Highway, where demonstrators burned tyres and chanted slogans against police inaction following a recent robbery.
Residents also voiced anger over up to 12 hours of unannounced load shedding, alleging unfair power cuts despite official claims of reduced outages.
In a separate incident, 15 people were injured in a collision between a tractor trolley and a rickshaw in Thul. Several injured were referred to Larkana and Sukkur for further treatment.