KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has announced to observe a
black day tomorrow against extortion incidents in the city.
Earlier, the MQM lodged a strong protest in National Assembly against the rising incidents of extortion in Karachi.
The
party also threatened to disrupt President Asif Ali’s address to joint
sitting of the Parliament on Saturday if government did not act against
the extortionist mafia operating in the metropolis.
MQM’s Wasim
Akhtar said the Government of Sindh has badly failed to act against
extortionists. “Provinces would not get their share of NFC Award if
incidents of extortion did not come to an end in Karachi,” he warned.
“We want complete removal of extortionist mafia,” he said. Akhtar said traders’ community is on roads against the menace.
PML-N
leader Rohail Asghar supported the MQM’s protest, terming it
appropriate. He said that the scourge of extortion needed to be
curtailed in Karachi. He called for the formation of a parliamentary
committee to probe the issue.
Speaking on this occasion, Syed Khurshid Shah of PPP said the government is ready to constitute a committee.
Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim remarked that extortion could not be contained through chanting slogans. Online
