SUKKUR, May 10: Leaders of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) said on Wednesday that some political and religious parties were trying to pit Sindhis against Sindhis by politicising the operation against illegal encroachments.

The MQM leaders including advisers to the Sindh chief minister, Nusrat Aziz, Ashfaq Mangi, Senator Mohammad Ali Brohi, MNA Nisar Panhwar and Joint Zonal In-charge Jamal Bharmani said at a press conference at the press club that the party was trying to unite people and eliminate hatred.

They said that the MQM celebrated Jashn-i-Latif which attracted thousands of Sindhis, a fact which did not make some political and religious parties happy.

They cited Sikandar Goth’s example and said the parties were politicising the operation against illegal encroachments and were trying to spark hatred against the MQM.

They said that the action in Sikandar Goth was taken under the orders of the sessions court and under the supervision of its “Nazir” Mohammad Bux Mangi.

The Pakistan People’s Party, which itself had allotted land to Mashriq Society in its tenure was now raising a hue and cry against the removal of encroachments.

Jamaat-i-Islami and nationalist parties were also fanning hatred over the issue, they said.

They called the nationalists agents of anti-Sindh forces who they alleged, were working for their own selfish ends in the name of Sindh.