Scuffle ensues as Rangers restrain MQM-London workers near Mukka Chowk

Paramilitary force holding talks to resolve issue

A scuffle broke out between Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) London workers and Rangers on Friday when personnel from the paramilitary force restrained party activists from entering the martyrs' memorial near Karachi's Mukka Chowk.

Rangers reportedly arrested five activists of the party as the force held talks with them to resolve the situation. A traffic gridlock was also witnessed on roads leading to the memorial with a stampede following the scuffle.

Earlier on October 22, Rangers took into custody three leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) London from outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC).



The three leaders had arrived at the KPC to address journalists in connection with the ongoing arrests of the party workers in the metropolis.

On October 2, senior members of MQM-London Mustafa Azizabadi, Qasim Ali Raza and Wasay Jalil cancelled Farooq Sattar’s party membership for ‘treason’.

MQM-Pakistan completely separated itself from the aforementioned leaders on September 20 as well as Nadeem Nusrat, who had opposed the exclusion of Altaf from the party, and removed them from the Rabita Committee.

The divisions occurred after the party’s founder delivered an 'anti-state' speech on August 23 and reportedly incited his supporters to attack media outlets in the city.