KARACHI: Murder condemned

Published February 18, 2007

KARACHI, Feb 17: The All Pakistan Shia Action Committee on Saturday condemned the murder of Jawad Hussain in Dera Ismail Khan and demanded immediate arrest of the killers.

In a statement issued here, APSAC leaders, including Allama Mirza Yusuf Hussain and Maulana Mohammad Hussain Karimi, said that though the NWFP was being ruled by a religious party, Mutahida Majlis-i-Amal, but it had failed to people involved in the terrorist activities like killing of Jawad Hussain.

They demanded that the murderers be arrested, tried and punished.—Staff Reporter

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