‘Citizens should form neighbourhood watch committees’

Residents of Orangi and the rest of the city should set up neighbourhood committees, protect themselves and their children said Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi head Hafiz Naeemur Rehman.

He was talking to the media after the funeral prayers ofJI activist Waseem Siddiqui, who was killed by unidentified suspects near his home in Orangi Town

Maulana Abu Saeed, the founder of Jamia Bab Uloom Islamia and Imam of Jamia Masjid Noorani, led the funeral prayer held at Gulfamabad near Aligarh Colony, while the burial took place in the local cemetery.

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 JI office bearers, family and friends of the deceased attended the funeral in large numbers. Speaking on the occasion of the funeral prayer, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman said that the responsibility of the killing of Waseem Siddiqui lies with the government and the state.

He said that the family members of the deceased are questioning the government and the state that why they are not being provided security, they are also citizens of the country. A system of oppression prevails in the country including Karachi and murderers rule the street killing people with impunity.

The murder of the JI worker is a question mark for the government, Rangers and police department is how killers can openly kill a citizen. JI stands with Waseem's family and relatives. JI demands that the killers of Waseem must be arrested immediately, he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 4^th, 2024.