Summary MQM will observe a day of mourning today against alleged extra-judicial killings of its workers.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will observe a day of mourning across Sindh including Karachi today (Saturday) to mourn and protest against extrajudicial killings of its party workers.
Addressing a news conference at Nine Zero, MQM coordination committee members said that MQM has and still supports the ongoing operation against criminals and terrorists in the city; however, the committee alleged that their innocent workers are being targeted, arrested, and killed extra-constitutionally in the name of the operation against terrorists.
Raabta Committee said that MQM’s forty five workers have gone missing during the past year of which five went missing prior to the operation. The committee alleged that ten workers have been killed extra-judicially.
Haider Abbas Rizvi said that 10th incident of extrajudicial killing of their worker took place on February 3rd and that MQM Korangi Unit 75’s worker Mohammad Salman was taken into custody by men dressed as police from Korangi Crossing and his body was found from Landhi area on February 4th which was pronounced unclaimed and sent to Edhi morgue.
He alleged that Mohammad Salman faced worst kind of torture while in custody and had a broken neck. MQM’s workers are not unclaimed, they have 2 crore claimants in Karachi and 20 crore across the country, he said.
Earlier, MQM Chief Altaf Hussain alleged that party worker Mohammad Salman faced inhuman torture while in custody and was murdered extra-judicially. He urged the government to seriously take notice of extrajudicial killings of MQM workers and supporters.
Meanwhile, Karachi transport association has announced to support MQM’s call to strike and to shut down the public transport in the city today.
