MQM leader Haider Abbas Rizvi speaks during a press conference. – File Photo

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) Rabita (Coordination) Committee held a press conference in Karachi on Wednesday during which the party's leader Haider Abbas Rizvi  appealed to the citizens of the city to setup a vigilance committee in the city, DawnNews reported.

MQM's Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi requested Karachiites  to record videos of cars plying on Karachi's roads without number plates and those carrying suspicious persons and post it on social media websites, DawnNews reported.

The MQM 's activists were being targeted in the city which was actually 'genocide' against the Urdu-speaking community, according to the party's Rabita Committee.

Rizvi also requested those in power to take notice of the illegal activities of the law enforcement personnel.

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