KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Thursday announced to observe a country-wide strike on Friday following murder of one of its activists, who they claim was abducted before being murdered in Karachi.

Speaking to a press conference at MQM’s headquarters Nine-Zero in the city’s Azizabad neighbourhood, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui – member of the party’s Rabita (coordination) Committee – said the political worker from Landhi sector was abducted from near the local railway station before being murdered.

He disclosed details of other kidnapped, missing and murdered party activists and announced to observe a ‘peaceful protest day’ across the country on Friday.

Siddiqui feared that other missing party workers might have also been murdered. He urged the judiciary, rights organisations and international community to take notice of the matter.

He declared the murders as extra-judicial killings.

Meanwhile, following the MQM’s ‘appeal’ for strike, the Sindh Traders Union and Private Schools Association have announced to keep businesses and private educational institutions shut in Sindh province.

Examinations under Federal Urdu University, scheduled for tomorrow, have also been postponed.