KARACHI, Oct 5: The Karachi Coordination Committee of Pakistan People’s Party has expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Sindh and condemned the incident of firing at Imam Bargah Ali Murtaza, Azam Basti, which claimed six lives, on Thursday.
A meeting of the committee, which was chaired by Syed Qaim Ali Shah here on Friday, observed that despite all claims the government had miserably failed to control the incidents of kidnappings and robberies in the province.
“The situation has so worsened that the people are being killed at day time while offering prayers in mosques,” it said, adding that the inefficiency of the government to punish the culprits was the root cause of increase in such heinous incidents.
The meeting was attended by Nisar Khuhro, Taj Haider, N.D. Khan, Rashid Rabbani, Muzafar Shujra, and other leaders of the party.
PML: the PML’s provincial president Ghous Bux Mahar, Haleem siddiqui, Dr Rahimul Haque and Mustajab Hassan in a statement described the incidents of terrorism in Karachi as a part of international conspiracy and demanded of the government to pay immediate attention towards the issue as otherwise the situation may further aggravate.
They condemned Azam Basti incident and observed that due to such incidents an unrest among the citizens was growing fast. Issuing press statements in this regard by the government was not the solution of the problem, they said and added that it was the prime responsibility of the government to safeguard life and property of the citizen.
# PTI#: the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf has warned that if the government did not carry out a crack-down and take effective measures to eradicate terrorism immediately, then a terrorist wave would engulf the country alongside the impending US-led attack on Afghanistan.
“This will give the international forces an opportunity to interfere in our internal affairs and jeopardize the integrity of the country,” PTI secretary general Mairaj Mohammed Khan said.
In a statement here on Friday he maintained that the government, which supported the US-led campaign against international terrorism, had failed to curb terrorism at home where, he said, targeted killings on sectarian basis had continued unchecked.
Condemning the killing of six people and wounding of many others in Karachi on Thursday, he said anyone who killed the worshippers could not be termed as Muslim or even a human being.—PPI
MQM: The Rabita Committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement termed the incident a conspiracy to trigger sectarian riots in Karachi. It said the elements involved in spilling blood of the innocent people for their ulterior motives could not be called Muslim, adds our staff reporter.
Referring to a recent statement of the DIG Karachi that terrorists from Punjab had reached Karachi, the committee wondered why despite receiving the information the police and the administration had demonstrated a criminal negligence in protecting the life and property of the citizen.
The committee appealed to the Haq Parast people to remain alert and maintain unity in their ranks and files without any provocation and remain peaceful to foil the conspiracies.
