KARACHI, March 13: The coordination committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement has condemned the killing of doctors and held that such incidents were aimed at destroying peace in the city.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the coordination committee said that the killing of doctors, including that of Prof Dr Anwarul Islam of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, indicated that ”government agencies wanted to create law and order situation in the city and cause a sense of insecurity among doctors”.
The committee demanded of the President Pervez Musharraf to take cognizance of the target killings of doctors and order immediate arrests of the culprits.
SHCBA: The Sindh High Court Bar Association on Wednesday condemned the killing of doctors and expressed concern over the failure of security agencies in apprehending the culprits.
In a resolution released by the Honorary Secretary of the SHCBA, Khalid Javed, the association’s managing committee expressed dissatisfaction over the deteriorating law and order situation, in general, and in the metropolitan city, in particular, where targeted killings, car snatchings, abductions for ransom and other heinous crimes have become order of the day.
The managing committee, which met under its president Abul Inam, was concerned over the fact that despite the presence of all kinds of law enforcing agencies and specially when the country is subjected to army rule, yet no measures to pre-empty and deter the hardened habitual offenders have been taken.
Expressing grave concern, the SHCBA noted that during the recent months many prominent doctors have been targeted ostensibly to fan sectarian and ethnic hatred, resultantly adding further to the miseries of poor patients who are otherwise denied the facility of medical treatment by efficient and dedicated doctors.
Such continued unchecked acts of terrorism have particularly deterred a number of medical professionals to render routine services. It was of the view that in spite of tall claims the present government had miserably failed even to offer the slightest resistance to the enemies of the country.
The members of the legal fraternity endorsed the serious concern expressed by the members of PMA and assured that it shall stand shoulder to shoulder with them to impress upon the present rulers to realise their basic duty of providing security to those serving the humanity, irrespective of their caste, creed and status in the society.
The SHCBA urged the government to immediately address the problem as a matter of priority and take necessary steps to bring the culprits to justice.
