Revenue official's murder in Surjani triggers protests.

HYDERABAD -- Revenue department's employees and lawyers boycotted work in several Sindh towns on Tuesday in protest against the murder of mukhtiarkar Ejaz Chandio who was gunned down by land-grabbers during an anti encroachment operation to get an amenity plot vacated in Surjani Town, Karachi, a day before.

In Hyderabad, revenue employees observed a tool down strike and suspended all types of work, including the process of documentation, and later staged a sit-in on Thandi Sarak, suspending flow of traffic for a couple of hours.

Sardar Shah, president of All Sindh Revenue Employees Association, who led the protest, condemned the murder of their colleague...

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