QUETTA: Supporters and relatives of Abdul Fateh Magsi, the slain candidate for PB-32 (Jhal Magsi), blocked the National Highway linking Sindh and Balochistan on Wednesday in order to protest the killing of Magsi on Tuesday.

Hundreds of protesters brought the dead bodies of the slain independent candidate and two of his associates on the highway’s Quetta-Jacobabad route.

Magsi was killed in a firing incident on Tuesday morning.

The protesters chanted slogans against the provincial government and the law enforcement agencies. They demanded the arrest of those involved in the murder of the independent candidate.

Long queues of vehicles were witnessed on the National Highway during the road’s blockade. Later, however, protesters agreed to clear the road following negotiations with the administration.

The election commission has postponed the election on PB-32 over Magsi’s killing.