The Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) ended its nine-day long sit-ins in Karachi on the call of its central leader Raja Nasir Abbas from Islamabad.
Late on Wednesday night, the MWM central leadership had announced the conclusion of the protest sit-ins after the peace deal reached through a Grand Jirga among the warring tribes of the Kurram area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Earlier, MWM leader Allama Hassan Zafar Naqvi, addressing a press conference at the Numaish Chowrangi dharna had stated that MWM had observed a Black Day on Wednesday against alleged state oppression to disperse demonstrators participating in its protests in Karachi.
Naqvi said that MWM strongly condemns the violence by the administration on peaceful sit-ins. "The Sindh government used force on peaceful protesters, as a result of which a young man named Shabih Haider was martyred in Malir and several others were injured. Women, children and the elderly were lathicharged, shelled and fired upon. The police also registered an FIR against 19 people who participated in the sit-in at Numaish Chowrangi."
Meanwhile, MWM leaders and supporters attended the funeral prayers of Shabih Haider, a protestor at Malir sit-in who was hit by two bullets to the stomach on Tuesday night. .
Home minister's presser
Home Minister Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar, addressing a press conference at the Karachi Police Office regarding the violent protests on Tuesday night said: "An impartial investigation is underway to determine who is responsible for injuring police personnel through gunfire and their affiliations." He said that nine police personnel were injured ensuring the safety and security of citizens.
19 sent to jail on judicial remand
The Anti-Terrorism Administrative Court on Wednesday remanded the 19 suspects, arrested from sit-in protest at Numaish Chawrangi, to jail under judicial custody.
The arrested suspects included four boys under the age of 18. IO Iftikhar Ahmad mentioned that a policeman was injured in firing by the accused, while three policemen were injured when accused pelted stones on the police party. The court inquired who gave the stones to the protesters. Did they carry a bag full of stones?
The court remarked that protest does not allow taking law into hands. Everyone is bound to respect the law as well as the law enforcers.
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