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Residents of localities near Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Sunday blocked the Airport Road in protest against gas outages, causing long queues of traffic and delaying the departure of flights.

Though the protesters, which included women and children, remained peaceful, they kept the busy road blocked for over three hours, leading to long traffic jams and making entry into the airport an ordeal unto itself.

Islamabad Expressway and Rawal Road, both of which merge with Airport Road, saw similar bottleneck jams, with many motorists describing the situation with some choice words.