Summary Sindh CM Qaim Ali Shah says IG Sindh reached the scene after 40 minutes of blast.
KARACH (Dunya News) Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Thursday rejected the notion that government officials and police were busy at a dinner rather than tending to victims of the twin bombings in Abbas Town on March 3.
The Sindh CM said blast took place at 7pm while Sharmila Farooqui’s event was scheduled for 9pm. “We reached the blast site 40 minutes after the incident.”
He said that he is not pleased with the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s verdict over the Abbas Town bombings.
“I have full respect for all the courts. I am saddened with the orders of Supreme Court which was issued without hearing the version of the Sindh govt and IGP Sindh,” Shah said .
It is pertinent to mention that on Wednesday Supreme Court of Pakistan in its suo moto hearing over the Abbas Town bombing held Sindh government responsible for the incident. The court also ordered to suspend senior officials of the police.
He denied reports that IGP Sindh did not visit the Sunday’s blast site at Abbas Town, adding IG was there within 40 minutes of the incident.
Shah also criticized media reports that all senior officials of the Sindh government and the entire city s police were present at the engagement ceremony of Sharmeela Faroqui.
Only a special force of 200 men was present at Faroqui’s engagement ceremony, he said adding such reports were absolutely baseless.
Shah said that nobody resigned after 9/11 attacks in the United States where around 5,000 people were killed.
“We are answerable only to God and the masses”, Qaim said. He said the Sindh govt would file an appeal against the verdict.
