‘No political motives behind Bholu’s murder’

Sindh information minister says some elements using Tando Allahyar incident to stir ethnic clash

KARACHI:

Sindh Information and Labour Minister, Saeed Ghani, has said that there were no political motives behind the recent killing in Tando Allahyar as the tragedy has been unduly used by certain groups to stir ethnic clash in the province.

Speaking at a press conference here on Sunday, the Sindh Information Minister said that the recent tragedy in Tando Allahyar occurred due to enmity between two groups as the Muttahida Quami Movement had been attempting to stir ethnic clash in the province on the basis of this incident.

He said that MQM had always practiced politics to promote ethnic divide in the province as the same had become the objective of Jamaate-Islami's politics. He said that MQM had been made part of the then PPP-led coalition government in 2008 only to maintain peace in Karachi.

He said the recent controversial statement of the leader of Mohajir Quami Movement, Afaq Ahmed, about the Pakhtun community and the attempt made to foment communal violence in Tando Allahyar, seemed to him parts of a greater conspiracy to once again cause ethnic conflict in Sindh. He said that a conspiracy had been set into motion to create the situation of ethnic violence after the recent tragedy in Tando Allahyar.

He said that the latest conspiracy had confirmed his assertion that MQM had been plotting to stir ethnic violence in Sindh just for its own political gains. He said the latest killing in Tando Allahyar had occurred because of enmity between two families as there were no political motives behind the murder.

He conceded to the fact that both the alleged killer and the deceased person belonged to two different political parties but there were no political motives behind the murder. He said the police had immediately arrested the alleged killer after the incident as the FIR included the names of the accused persons nominated by the bereaved family members.