Nine of 12 ‘missing’ friends return home

Published July 30, 2015
Relatives of the ‘missing’ persons, believed to be Muttahida Qaumi Movement workers and supporters, hold a protest demonstration on a road near their homes in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Wednesday. — PPI/File
Relatives of the ‘missing’ persons, believed to be Muttahida Qaumi Movement workers and supporters, hold a protest demonstration on a road near their homes in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Wednesday. — PPI/File

KARACHI: Nine of 12 friends, among them four said to be workers of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, who had gone ‘missing’ near Hyderabad, reached their Karachi homes late on Wednesday night, according to police.

“At least, nine of the missing young men have reached their homes in Gulistan-i-Jauhar,” SP Gulshan Abid Qaimkhani said.

They had travelled to Hyderabad on Tuesday night to attend the wedding ceremony of their friend.

The MQM coordination committee said in a statement that their “12 workers and supporters” had gone ‘missing’ near Hyderabad at about 10.30pm on Tuesday.

The SP said the whereabouts of the remaining men might be known on Thursday, adding that police had reports that a total of 13 men had gone ‘missing’.

Read more: Four MQM workers among 12 go ‘missing’ on their way to Hyderabad

Published in Dawn, July 30th, 2015

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