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| Ulema urge 'warring groups' to halt killings |
| 2011-08-23 |
| [Dawn] Condemning the senseless killing of innocent people in the city, a group of Learned Elders of Islam has urged the government and the army to take an indiscriminate action with full force against those responsible for kidnapping and slaying people. Speaking at a presser here on Sunday, Mufti Muhammad Naeem, Taqui Usmani and other Learned Elders of Islam also asked the government to pay compensation to the families of those who had bit the dust in the ongoing killings. They appealed to political and social parties to use their influence in restoring peace in the metropolis and to stop killings and lawlessness. They also appealed to what they described as "warring groups" and leaders of parties to sit together as brothers and resolve their confrontational issues. Altaf slams statement Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... chief Altaf Hussain has strongly criticised the statement of certain religious scholars for "bracketing together the ferocious killers with the helpless Mohajirs who were slaughtered without any remorse in Bloody Karachi". According to a blurb issued on Sunday, Mr Hussain said the Learned Elders of Islam who were describing the kidnapping, beheading and subsequently throwing of bodies of innocent Mohajirs in different parts of the city as "a fight between two groups" were actually blaming the victims that they were not innocent and involved in the mayhem. |
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