JI withdraws strike call

JI leaders feel the city had already been closed for past two days and further strikes would worsen the situation.

KARACHI:

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has withdrawn its appeal to hold a strike in Karachi on Monday.

The party announced that a peaceful ‘black day’ will be observed to condemn the rigging of elections in Karachi. The party’s leadership met on Saturday to review the situation.

They felt that the city had already been closed for the past two days and further strikes would worsen the situation.

“The party has decided to hold peaceful protests across the city against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, which has hijacked the peoples mandate,” said the party’s Karachi chief, Muhammad Hussain Mahenti. JI announced on Saturday its boycott of Karachi and Hyderabad polls.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 13^th, 2013.