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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 30 (ANI): As farmers in Pakistan’s Punjab reached The Mall to hold a protest against what they termed to be an unfair wheat procurement policy, a heavy contingent of Punjab Police in anti-riot gear rounded up scores of them on Monday, Dawn reported. The protesters, led by Kissan Ittehad Pakistan, gathered at the GPO Chowk on The Mall and tried to march towards the Punjab Assembly, where a heavy contingent of police intercepted them. Police blocked the road by placing containers and arrested several protesters. The farmers had taken to the streets against delay in th…