ISLAMABAD, May 16: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has denounced the arrest of UC Nazim Mohan Lal Meghwar in Tharparkar and called for his immediate release. Mohan Lal is the only Awam Dost nazim in Tharparkar in the constituency of Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim. He is also the elder brother of PPP leader Engineer Gianchand and leader of Awam Dost nazims in Tharparkar District Assembly.

Condemning the arrest, PPP Sindh President Syed Qaim Ali Shah, in a statement issued here on Monday, said it was a clear case of political victimization. He said the party would not take it lying down and agitate the matter at all forums. Syed Qaim Ali said the party would also write letters to diplomats in Islamabad and human rights bodies to bring to their attention how the regime continued to ‘victimize’ its political opponents despite claims of moderation and reconciliation.