Summary Sindh government on Tuesday gave the nod of approval to an operation in Karachi to disarm the city.
Wassan dismisses Altaf’s reservations that operation will target only MQM.
The would-be operation could encompass the city’s greatest political party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), and the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), said Sindh Minister for Prisons Manzoor Wassan.
Talking to media here, Wassan said the provincial government has voiced support for an operation in the provincial capital.
He said the operation is likely to be directed against the armed activists of different political parties including Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
Underscoring that the operation in Karachi is need of the hour, Wassan noted that reservations expressed by the Muttahida Chief Altaf Hussain regarding the operation are not correct.
Addressing the party workers of Lahore and Rawalpindi zones via telephone yesterday, self exile leader had said that relying on false allegations; certain elements were trying to suppress the MQM in Karachi.
“Ninety eight per cent deprived people of the nation would protest against any attempt of suppressing the MQM,” he said.
With the talk of operation in the city for quite some time now, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid Shah also stressed the need to launch an operation in Karachi while speaking in a Senate meeting.
Shah said all political parties including the MQM and the ANP supported Karachi operation. He said government had to decide the method of action, adding that collateral damage should be avoided in the process.
