Jamshoro, March 5 -- The police baton-charged and lobbed tear gas shells at students of Sindh University in Pakistan's Jamshoro on Tuesday who were protesting against the construction of water channels intended to irrigate millions of acres of Punjab land using Indus River water.

Many protesting students were injured and arrested due to police brutality. The students belonged to the Jeay Sindh Students Federation (JSSF) and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) Bashir and Arisar factions, along with other nationalist entities.

According to Dawn, "The police tried to disperse them by force, but the students retaliated." The police then used tear gas and baton charge, picking up around 8-10 protesting students, which included Nazeer Khoso, Mansoo...