MQM leader Haider Abbas Rizvi. PHOTO: PPI
Earlier today when MQM called off its protest outside the Chief Minister House against the death of their workers in police custody, the party said it has extended the day of mourning for another day and asked business community and public transport associations to halt their activities in support.
However, later MQM chief Altaf Hussain asked Rabita Committee to withdraw the call.
MQM lawmakers and supporters had gathered outside the Chief Minister House last night with the bodies of Faraz Alam and Nadeem Ahmed and demanded that Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah meet the families of the victims and order probe into the killing.
Despite staging protest for eight hours, MQM claimed neither the CM nor any member of his Cabinet visited the demonstrators.
MQM leader Haider Abbas Rizvi, while speaking to the media in the morning, said the party has decided to end the protest.
“We will now take the bodies to Jinnah Ground where the funeral prayers will be offered; the bodies will then be buried in different graveyards,” he had said.
Strike
Business activities came to a halt in Sindh as MQM mourned the killing of their workers.
Petrol stations were also shut in Karachi and commuters faced difficulty as public transport was not available.
Sindh govt responds
Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon addressed the media and appealed to the MQM leadership to review their strike call for tomorrow.
He assured that MQM’s demands for judicial probe and suspension of accused policemen were met.
“All other issues can be discussed through talks,” he said, adding that strict action will be taken against those found guilty.
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A separate province for Muhajjirs. No more living under the rule of Punjabis, Pathans or Sindhis. No more second class citizenship. Let the Muhajjirs prosper in their own province. Look what they did to Balochistan.
I have noticed that no one cares if any of the MQM supporters are killed. People object even when MQM protests the killing of their workers. Of course the life of PTI workers are precious. The call for strike on PTI workers killing is appreciated by everyone. Such is the state of affairs in Pakistan and then we complain why the world call us savage.
Is MQM good for anything other then shutting down the city every other day. Is it another way to punish the masses ?
Are they good for anything else?
Why cant the MQM call an indefinite strike to hold local bodies elections? The solutions to all problems.
Karachi has to be governed by local representatives and policed by Karachites. Its about time that those elected from rural Sind recognize that they have no moral or electoral authority to rule over urban populations. MQM should go all out to fight for the rights of deprived and dispossessed Karachites. We in Karachi are not expendable, people in the corridors of power must learn and respect that, little time left on the clock.
Was it re-consolation Rehman Malik style ?
Pakistan, an unfortunate nation. Lawless country where people are valued by elites, no more than goats. Here we go again, a commission is set up commissions, in a country where victims should hire judges rather than lawyers. For any form of relief from judicial murders to safeguard from brutal police to some peace in life, MQM must go on full fledge thrust to demand and and create Karachi a province and then show Pakistan how to serve its people and progress, a beacon for Pakistan.
where are economists, whom had extrapolated estimation of loss incurred during pti shut down
@Mohammad Ali Siddiqui: Yes they don't want to disturb their wadera friends by protesting in front of the Corruption Minister House but have no mercy for the millions of the hostage people of this city
"MQM extended the day of mourning for another day."
Does this mean shops will remain closed and transporters will remain off from the roads on Monday as well?