KARACHI, July 2: Sindh governor Dr. Ishratul Ibad Khan on Wednesday announced financial assistance of Rs0.2 million each for the families of 28 persons reportedly missing since years after the launching of operation against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in Karachi.

He vowed to continue efforts for tracing out the missing persons and also assured that action would be taken against those involved in it.

Speaking at a meeting with the families of 28 missing persons at the Governor’s House, he said: “We will utilize all available resources to locate the missing persons or at least ascertain the factual position.”

The so-called operation had not only terrorized the entire city, but affected the people living in the “no-go areas. Most of the missing people belong to these areas and there is no information about their whereabouts, the governor said.

Now there would be no “no-go area anywhere in the province, the governor declared, adding the dark era has now come to an end.

“While taking oath as governor of Sindh, I had pledged to bring an end to the “no-go areas” and I have proved my word. Now we will maintain peace in these areas,” he said.

“When we speak of bringing an end to crimes and the tyranny and that of the “no-go areas”, certain elements give it a political colour, the governor said.

Sindh chief minister’s adviser on home affairs Aftab Shaikh said that a Senate committee set up during the previous government checked all relevant record of the police stations in Karachi, but could not trace out the missing persons.

These persons might be detained in various jails of the country by different names, he said.

The governor, however, said that all efforts would be made to locate the missing persons.

He asked the families of the missing persons to contact him in case they want any help.

The relatives of the missing persons apprised the governor of the circumstances in which they lost their dearones.

MPA Kunwar Naveed and CCPO Asad Ashraf Malik were also present.—PPI