KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) announced Monday that it
would peacefully observe a Day of Mourning and Condemnation today
(Tuesday) against the killing of innocent citizens in Karachi.
Addressing
a press conference here on Monday, MQM leader Farooq Sattar said that
mohajir youth were subjected to brutal torture after being kidnapped
from different parts of the city. “More than 20 people have been
recovered, but over a dozen young men are still missing,” he said.
He
alleged that some PPP ministers were patronizing terrorists. Some city
areas have become a no go area for a long time now, he said. Dr. Sattar
said the government has not condoled with the victims’ families. “I
appeal to people to hoist black flags on top of their homes,” he said.
“The
terrorists of PAC have kidnapped muhajir people and brutally killed
them,” Sattar said. “These terrorists are targeting the muhajir
community,” he added.
Traders are being threatened and they are
being asked to pay extortion money, he said, urging the business
community and transport operators to support the MQM in its mourning
call. The MQM Deputy Convener also demanded that the President and
Prime Minister take notice of the killing of Mohajirs in Karachi and
take action against terrorists from the Peoples Aman Committee and
those ministers who are supporting them.
He questioned
government’s delay in adopting a strategy to stop the violence in the
city. Eight more people were killed in Karachi on Monday as the
situation remained volatile on the seventh day of violence. Online
