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KARACHI, Oct 23: The Pakistan People’s Party has alleged that police personnel in some 12 mobile vans raided the residence of Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, a key member of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto’s security team in Defence on Monday night.
Earlier in the day also, policemen in three mobiles blocked the main gate of his residence.
His wife, MNA Dr Fahmida Mirza, told Dawn that the policemen were harassing her children and servants to seek information about her husband’s whereabouts. Dr Fahmida, who is also the PPP’s provincial information secretary, said she had complained to the authorities concerned about the matter but they seemed under intense pressure from the chief minister to do the needful.
Meanwhile, Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has condemned the harassment of Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, and warned that such attempts were being made by the elements who might be involved in the bomb attack on PPP rally on Oct 18.
JUI team meets Benazir
A delegation of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) called on PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto at Bilawal House on Tuesday and expressed their deep sorrow and grief over the Oct 18 tragedy which left more than 130 people dead and hundreds others injured.
The delegation was led by JUI General-Secretary Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri and included Qari Mohammad Usman, Maulana Abdul Karim Abid, Maulana Umar Sadiq, Hafiz Mohammad Naeem and Dr Haji Mohammad Idrees.
Ms Bhutto said her party wanted that the elements who would make people scapegoat and get away scot-free must be exposed. She regretted that actual terrorists and the culprits behind such terrorist attacks were never arrested.
PPP leaders Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Aftab Shaaban Mirani, Raza Rabbani, Sherry Rehman, Nafees Siddiqui, Fehmida Mirza, Prof N.D. Khan, Rashid Rabbani, Rafiq Engineer and others were also present.
