ISLAMABAD: Awami National Party (ANP) has demanded judicial probe
into the blames leveled by former Interior Minister of Sindh Zulfiqar
Mirza against MQM and Rehman Malik.
In an exclusive interview
with Online ANP Information Secretary Senator Zahid Khan said that a
judicial commission is needed to find out proofs of the charges leveled
by Zulfiqar Mirza, also former senior provincial minister.
He
said that terming his charges as mere political statements would not be
appropriate, these are very serious allegations that a senior
politicians leveling.
The ANP information secretary said that
judicial inquiry is not only vital for establishing accuracy or
inaccuracy of the statements by Mirza but also for unearthing the
factors responsible for target killing, kidnapping and torturing people
in Karachi. In this way the culprits could be bring to justice as well,
he said.
“It is strange that torture cells exist in the
metropolis but no one could access it so far, people are killed and no
one could stop killers, and people are kidnapped at the heart of the
city in day-light,” he added.
On the responsibility of the
federal government in connection to the insecurity in Karachi, he said
that Interior Minister Rehman Malik should avoid extra interference in
affairs of the province as law and order is the responsibility of the
provincial government and the government in center should extend help
only if Sindh needs it.
“We tackled situation in Swat area of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where militancy was in vogue. And call in army when
situation was going out of control but the federal interior ministry
had little role in that and the provincial government was controlling
the situation,” Khan further said.
The ANP leader said that the
civil government has power to call in military under article 245 of the
constitution if it considers that situation in Karachi could be
controlled by this type of operation.
ANP always support across
the board operation in financial capital of Pakistan, Karachi, which is
being paralyzed by barring peace, he said.
On the role of
parliamentarian for peace in the metropolis, Zahid Khan said that
Parliamentary Committee on Karachi should take notice of the situation
and also investigate as what elements are responsible for the
destruction.
It is pertinent to mention that Mirza blamed MQM
for dividing the country and involving in target killing as well as
insecurity in Karachi while according to him, Rehman Malik is providing
protection to their activities. Online
