Chamber of Small Traders, Anjuman Tajiran, Haram-Gate, Nishat Road, Akbar Road, Khuni Burj Road staged a demonstration against increased cases of robberies and extortion in the city and apathetic attitude of the police. They blocked all the roads and staged sit-in and besieged the police station. However they dispersed on the assurance of SP City Khalid Rauf who assured them that proper security arrangements would be made in the markets and police patrolling would be increased.
Traders rally was led by Khawaja Muhammad Shafiq Chairman of All Pakistan Anjuman Tajiran, Khalid Mehmood Qureshi President of Chamber of Small Tradersm, Khawaja Muhammad Aslam of Sarafa Association, Zafar Iqbal Siddiqui, Aslam Saeed Butt, Sheikh Saleem Kanday wala,Aziz-ur-Rehman Ansari, Mian Zafar Iqbal, Hafiz Sadiq Hussain and Sheikh Sajjad Ahmed.