MQM MPAs walkout of the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday. PHOTO: MOHAMMAD AZEEM/EXPRESS
KARACHI:
During the session, MQM lawmakers staged a token walkout of
the assembly proceedings against the arrest and ‘extrajudicial killings’
of their workers in Karachi.
Soon after reciting Fateha, the deputy parliamentary leader of the
MQM, Khawaja Izharul Hassan, drew the speaker’s attention towards the
death of their another activist, Mohammad Adil, whose was subjected to
torture by the police and law-enforcement agencies after his arrest on
February 8. “As many as 10 workers of our party have fallen victim to
extrajudicial killings and 45 activists are missing,” he said, adding
that they have approached the police and law-enforcement agencies, but
no one was willing to disclose their whereabouts.
“Our party activists are being victimised in the name of ongoing
operation. This kind of operation has deepened the sense of deprivation.
It seems that the Sindh government has given a free hand to law
enforcers to kill our people,” he said.
The MQM leader said that they would not tolerate and resist the state
operation against their people. “We are now staging a walkout and this
protest will continue until the government stops victimising us,” he
added. After a few minutes walkout, they returned to the session and
took part in the proceedings.
