LAHORE, April 10: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Thursday condemned violence in Karachi, calling for a probe by international experts.

In a statement issued here, the commission regretted that “what happened in Karachi on Wednesday, especially the burning alive of several innocent people, could only be condemned as acts of horrible bestiality.

“The hands behind the obvious counter-offensive by the camp hostile to lawyers’ campaign must be exposed and the culprits brought to the book,” it said.

“As for the MQM’s shrieks as to where the HRCP and Asma Jahangir are, they are where the MQM satraps used to find them in their hour of distress and where they will be found if and when the party bosses start receiving the bills for their deeds. We regret that the HRCP does not have the resources to investigate the latest wave of violence and arson, and certainly not the tribulations of the mafia-controlled population of Karachi.”

The difficulties in probing incidents of violence in which the highest in the land were apparently involved were obvious, read the statement.

The dastardly acts witnessed in the country over the past few days demand high-level probe by international experts, although their success too couldn’t be taken for granted, the commission said.