Summary MQM worker Waqas Ali Shah died during Rangers' raid over MQM head office at Nine-Zero, Karachi
KARACHI: (Dunya News) – Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has on Thursday demanded judicial inquiry of its worker Waqas Ali Shah’s murder during Rangers’ raid on MQM head-office Nine-Zero, Karachi, Dunya News reported.
Addressing a press conference in Karachi, MQM leader Dr. Farooq Sattar said that Rangers’ raid on Nine-Zero was beyond comprehension. He said that MQM looked at the entire situation with concern. “Whatever happened to us was not justice”, Dr. Sattar said. He said that Nine-Zero’s surroundings were raided and it was told that the raid was conducted to arrest some wanted people. 110 people were arrested and most of them had nothing to do with MQM, he told.
Farooq Sattar said that only 27 of the arrested were presented before the court on Thursday. “Where are the others, we question”, Sattar said. He maintained that MQM was a peaceful and democratic party that respected all the law-enforcement agencies. “We never claimed MQM to be a party of angels. We respect everyone and deserve respect in response”, he added.
MQM leader told the press conference that the worker named Waqas Ali Shah was murdered in broad daylight. “Some news channels have tried to distort the facts about Waqas Ali Shah’s murder. We have strong proofs that Waqas was killed by Rangers’ firing”, he said. Demanding a judicial inquiry of the murder, Farooq Sattar said that those responsible for Waqas Ali’s murder must be punished according to the law.
Dr. Sattar claimed that the weapons found at the Nine-Zero were licensed and was there to protect the party’s head office from terrorists.
