HYDERABAD, July 3: Leaders of the Hyderabad chapter of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League have condemned an incident of firing on the homes of their colleagues Sami Sajid, Jameel Abbas, Shahid Qureshi, Tariq Shah and Tasneem Zohra in Latifabad on Saturday evening.

They alleged that activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement were involved in the incident of firing.

Speaking at a news conference at the Hyderabad Press Club here on Monday, Mir Sher Mohammad Talpur and Qari Mushtaq Farooqui said it was regrettable that the coalition partners were harassing PML leaders in Latifabad.

They complained that the SHO of the B-section police station had refused to register an FIR. They demanded dismissal of the SHO and arrest of people involved in the firing.

Meanwhile, PML activists staged a demonstration outside the local press club on Sunday.

Our Correspondent adds: Activists of the Pakistan Muslim League and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) accused each other of firing recently on their leaders near the Comprehensive High School.

Police said local PML leader Sami Sajid had claimed that Nafees and Ibrahim of the Muttahida had fired on him and Jamil Abbasi in front of the house of another PML leader, Tasneem Zohra. But Ibrahim claimed that Shahid alias Mota and Jamil Abbasi had fired on him.

A police source said Shahid and Ibrahim had exchanged hot words on telephone before the firing.

Later, PML leaders approached police to lodge an FIR, but the later refused to register the complaint.

A group of Leaguer activists and leaders criticised the refusal and staged a protest demonstration outside the press club, demanding removal of Latifabad police officials and condemning the alleged attack on Sami Sajid.

JSQM: The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz has condemned the registration of cases against JSQM central leader, Riaz Chandio and central-vice president of Jeay Sindh Students Federation, Rooplo Choliani.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the JSQM Central Chairman Basheer Khan Qureshi, Dr Niaz Kalani, Sagar Hanif Burdi and Hafeez Azad Hakro alleged that the district nazim was trying to shed blood in the district.

They warned that if the party leaders’ victimization was not stopped and their watercourses were not opened, the party would launch a protest movement throughout the province against the district nazim and the DPO.