KARACHI:
The alleged activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) have been accused of hurling threats, kidnapping and torturing the activists of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) during the election campaign in the city.
In an emergency press conference, the JI Karachi Chief Muhammad Hussain Mehanti alleged that two of its workers, Aizaz Ahmed and Saad Ali Khan, were kidnapped by MQM’s armed activists under a police escort on Thursday night from Federal B Area Block 9. “They were taken to an MQM unit office near Taleemi Bagh and tortured. A police van, bearing the registration number PS-3191, escorted the kidnappers.”
He also mentioned another kidnapping on the same night while JI members were reportedly carrying out door-to-door campaign. He alleged that they were handed over to the police after being tortured. Mehanti said that their party flags and banners have also been removed from Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Federal B Area, North Karachi and North Nazimabad.
Muhammad Mustaqeem Qureshi Noorani, a leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP), said that their workers have also received life threats from the MQM activists in Shah Faisal Colony, where the party vice president, Shah Muhammad Owais Noorani, is contesting from NA-256.
The Sindh JI chief, Merajul Huda Siddiqui, said that it was clear what the MQM manifesto stood for, referring to the two strikes called in the last three days.
The Majlis-e-Wahdat-Muslimeen (MWM) has strongly criticised the threats to its candidates and activists by ‘self-proclaimed office bearers and members of the MQM’.
The party’s Karachi secretary-general, Allama Sadiq Raza Taqvi, demanded that the leadership of MQM take notice of people responsible for terrorism using its name in NA-252 and PS-127.
Taqvi also condemned terrorist attacks and blasts on Awami National Party, JI, MQM and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 27th, 2013.
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Politics of violence and use of brute force against opponents indicate that Karachi is no more educated metropolis but some tribal area where one lord is not ready to concede grounds come what may. This feudal, tribal and violent mentality of so called urban middle class party of Karachi is harmful not only for city but democratic future of Pakistan. Militancy and violence must end in Karachi, Rangers should take stern action against these free roaming terrorists of NaMaloom Afraad party.
@Shah:
naeem shirri, ajmal pehari, arshad K2, faheem commando and the list is tooo long for this comment. I see only Jamaat to leash this untamed bull called MQM
JI knows that they will loose again that is why they have started crying again. They need to condemn terrorists and change their policy of terrorizing students in the universities. The people know that the jamaatis are cry babies and losers.
Now whole Sindh is with Altaf Hussain for the prosperity of province of Sindh.
the only party that can call spade a spade in Karachi
Nothing will happen,this party is in total control of the news channels,no anchor will ever dare bring up these crimes.The journalists in pakistan know which narrative to promote and they will stick to the agenda given to them by the party attacking all the other parties in Karachi.No suo moto action will be taken over this either.
My City is burning and these politician still not missing any opportunity to personally attack each other...!