KARACHI, May 14: Chairman of the Sindh National Front Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto on Monday condemned the May 12 bloodshed in Karachi and held the government and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement responsible for it.

Sardar Bhutto visited ANP, Sindh, chief Shahi Syed’s residence to condole with him the killing of several ANP workers, and deplored that terrorists had been given freehand to kill innocent people.

He said that the May 12 incidents had badly tarnished the image of Pakistan in the comity of nations.

Equally blaming the federal government, he urged the rulers to step down immediately to pave the way for general elections in the country under a caretaker set-up.

He slammed the Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim asking why he was untraceable while the terrorists were on a killing spree on the streets of Karachi that day.