HYDERABAD: Call for black day, strike in protest against killings
HYDERABAD, May 12: The Sindh Taraqqi-Pasand Party (STP) has decided to observe black day across the province on Sunday and hold a demonstration outside the Press Club on Monday in protest against killings of workers of different political parties in Karachi.
STP Chairman Dr Qadir Magsi said at a hurriedly-called meeting of the party’s central committee on Saturday that a rally of STP workers was on its way to airport to welcome the chief justice when it came under attack allegedly by armed men belonging to an ethnic organisation at Johar Complex and Malir Halt. The attacks left 17 activists of the party injured, he said.
Mr Magsi said that the ethnic party had held the entire metropolis hostage and it had proved that the party was ‘the rulers’ civil army’.
The meeting also condemned attack on the office of a private TV channel Aaj and termed it sheer fascism. The meeting alleged that the government had given a licence to kill to the ethnic party.
The meeting decided to observe black day throughout Sindh on Sunday and stage a big demonstration outside the press club on Monday to condemn the murder of innocent people in Karachi.
MMA: A central leader of MMA and senior vice president of JUP, Dr Sahibzada Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair, in a statement faxed to Dawn, condemned the large-scale arrests of party activists and the workers of parties.
He said a terrorist organisation was holding the entire city hostage which was also responsible for the bloodshed to pave way for martial law.
He said JUP would not surrender before state terrorism. He accused the government of politicising the issue of Chief Justice.He said the government should now resign and added that the terrorist party was once again doing politics on dead bodies.
AT: The Awami Tehrik has also announced to observe a strike throughout Sindh on Sunday and black days on Monday and Tuesday to condemn the murder of party activist Mohammad Nawaz Kanrani in Karachi and making the CJP a hostage by the terrorists.
The chief of Awami Tehrik, Rasool Bux Palijo, has expressed profound sorrow and grief over the alleged murder of Kanrani. He said a fresh chapter in the history of the country was written with blood when Karachi was converted into a battle ground by the government and its terrorists. He also condemned firing on "Aaj" TV channel, torture of journalists and the destruction of vehicles.
DADU: A large number of Awami Tehrik activists took out a rally here on Saturday to protest against killing of party activist Mohammad Nawaz Kanrani in Karachi.
Mohammad Nawaz had gone to Karachi to participate in the welcome rally of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.
Led by district president of the party, Mumtaz Ali Bhand, they carried banners and raised slogans against MQM and Sindh chief minister.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Bhand said that Sindh government was responsible for the murder of Mohammad Nawaz. He accused MQM activists of killing Nawaz.
Meanwhile, PPP activists led by Gul Hassan Qambrani, also staged demonstration in the city against the killings and injuring of PPP activists in Karachi.
SHIKARPUR: Activists of Awami Tehrik took out a protest rally against the killing of central committee member of the party, Mohammad Nawaz Kanrani of Thul town and injuring ten women workers in Karachi when they were proceeding to airport to welcome the CJP in Karachi on Saturday.
The rally emerged from the Tehrik House which, after marching on different roads, reached the press club where the participants staged a demonstration.
Speaking on the occasion, Sarwan Soomro, Mubarak Baloch, Altaf Magsi, Shani Soomro and others condemned the incident of firing on the activists of Awami Tehrik and termed it state terrorism as well as terrorism by MQM.
Meanwhile, Agha Yasin Khan Babbar, member Sindh Bar Council, Abdul Qadir Abro, advocate and Maulvi Sadaruddin Mahar of Jamat-i-Islami, in their separate statements expressed concern over the policy of the present rulers who allowed MQM to take out rally and blocked roads and disallowed the lawyers who were proceeding for Karachi to welcome the CJP.
They condemned the killing of innocent people belonging to various political and religious parties by MQM’s armed squad, which they termed as an act of step-motherly treatment and violation of democratic values and human rights by the rulers. They also said that instead of providing security to the lawyers and other participants who reached Karachi to welcome the CJP, the Sindh government deputed its allied party MQM to sabotage lawyers processions and the CJP’s function.
They demanded of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and Sindh High Court to take suo motu notice against the incidents of firing on the political party workers and lawyers at Karachi during the visit of the Chief Justice of Pakistan.