Killing of worker: MQM to observe day of mourning today
Transport union decides to keep vehicles off the roads in Karachi.
MQM leader Haider Abbas Rizvi. PHOTO: INP
KARACHI:
To register their protest against the killing of a party worker, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has announced a day of mourning today (Saturday), appealing to transporters and traders to keep their businesses shut.
Unidentified men allegedly kidnapped Muhammad Salman on February 3. His mutilated body was found a day later from the Shah Latif Town of Landhi.
Addressing a press conference, MQM leaders claimed that Salman was a victim of extra judicial killings by the LEAs. They demanded registration of a case against police chief Shahid Hayat for failing to tackle the situation.
“Since last year, 45 of our workers have gone missing, 40 went missing since the operation started. Ten activists have been victims to extrajudicial killings,” said MQM leader Haider Abbas Rizvi.
He said that the party had no other way except to protest and observe days of mourning. “Innocent people are being tortured and killed under the garb of this operation. A monitoring committee was supposed to oversee the operation but it is yet to be formed.”
Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI) announced it would keep its vehicles off the road on Saturday.
Confirming with The Express Tribune, KTI chairman Irshad Bukhari said they will not operate due to the law and order situation in the city.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 8th, 2014.
To register their protest against the killing of a party worker, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has announced a day of mourning today (Saturday), appealing to transporters and traders to keep their businesses shut.
Unidentified men allegedly kidnapped Muhammad Salman on February 3. His mutilated body was found a day later from the Shah Latif Town of Landhi.
Addressing a press conference, MQM leaders claimed that Salman was a victim of extra judicial killings by the LEAs. They demanded registration of a case against police chief Shahid Hayat for failing to tackle the situation.
“Since last year, 45 of our workers have gone missing, 40 went missing since the operation started. Ten activists have been victims to extrajudicial killings,” said MQM leader Haider Abbas Rizvi.
He said that the party had no other way except to protest and observe days of mourning. “Innocent people are being tortured and killed under the garb of this operation. A monitoring committee was supposed to oversee the operation but it is yet to be formed.”
Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI) announced it would keep its vehicles off the road on Saturday.
Confirming with The Express Tribune, KTI chairman Irshad Bukhari said they will not operate due to the law and order situation in the city.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 8th, 2014.