Summary MQM chief Altaf Hussain terms party workers killing as severe human rights violation.
LAHORE (Dunya News/ Web Desk) - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Friday staged countrywide protest against extra-judicial killing and illegal detention of its workers.
MQM leader Nasreen Jaleel and others participated in the demonstration outside National Press Club in Islamabad and protested against killing and disappearance of party workers.
Local leaders of MQM and workers participated in a protest rally outside Lahore Press Club. The party activists staged a rally on Shahab Road in Sialkot and shouted slogans against the government.
In Larkana, a protest rally started from MQM’s zonal office that ended in a demonstration at Jinnah Bagh Chowk.
A protest rally was also staged in Ddu where the participants shouted slogans and demanded to end operation against MQM.
The protesters in Khairpur demanded to stop extra-judicial killing and illegal detention of MQM workers. Protest rallies were also staged in Mirpur Khas and Jacobabad.
Meanwhile, a protest rally was held at Fawara Chowk in Abbottabad. The protesters demanded Chief Justice Supreme Court of Pakistan Tassaduq Hussain Jillani to take a suo motu notice on the issue of disappearance and extra-judicial killing of MQM workers.
Earlier, dead bodies of two MQM workers were recovered from Malir Nadi near Qayyumabad. The victims were identified as 45-year-old Muhammad Ali Khan and 30-year-old Qasim Ali who were kidnapped four months ago.
Moreover, MQM chief Altaf Hussain condemned killing of workers and termed it as severe human rights violation. He expressed concern over the silence of the government and said that the Sindh government had failed to restore law and order in Karachi.
He said that the MQM workers were protesting against the inhuman acts in a peaceful, democratic and constitutional way.
The MQM chief urged the workers to stay calm and united.
On Thursday, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) also held a protest demonstration outside Karachi Press Club against detention and extra-judicial killing of party workers.
Members of the Co-ordination Committee, MNAs, MPAs, office-bearers, and workers of the MQM including the general public belonging to different spheres of life participated in the demonstration.
Addressing the protest rally, MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar said that bloodshed had become out of control in Karachi. He said if the law enforcers cannot protect lives of the innocent workers then the MQM should be allowed to deal with the plainclothes people.
The MQM leader said that the present protest rally was just a trailer and the real film would begin if the government ignored it.
Farooq Sattar said that the MQM would organise sit-ins across the country if the government did not take notice of the disappearance of workers. He demanded immediate recovery of the missing workers.
MQM had announced protest demonstrations to highlight the issues of missing workers and alleged extra-judicial killings.
