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| Muttahida worker's killing triggers violence |
| 2012-03-29 |
| [Dawn] The city descended into anarchy on Tuesday with nearly a dozen people rubbed out, nine others maimed and over 40 vehicles set ablaze following the pre-dawn killing of a senior 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... worker and his elder brother in PIB Colony. The daylong gun and arson attacks came as a grim reminder of the last summer wave of killings that came to a halt after police and Rangers were ordered by the Supreme Court in August to move in and establish the writ of the state. The measure worked but proved short-lived and violence broke out again within less than a year. A police van parked on Stadium Road outside Liaquat National Hospital, where the bodies of the two brothers were taken, was the first to be set on fire before the violence spread to almost every district. Early morning gunfire in different parts of the city compelled people to stay indoors, while the gun and arson attacks forced transporters, fuel station owners and traders to suspend their activities. "We have confirmed reports of the killing of eight people, including MQM workers, and 35 vehicles were set ablaze in today's violence," said Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Hussain Wasan. He added: "The killing of the MQM worker and his brother is definitely a condemnable act. Similarly, the violence after that is also a source of concern. The police and Rangers have been ordered for indiscriminate action against myrmidons, and results will be apparent soon." |
| Posted by:Fred |