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| India-Pakistan |
| Rangers remove security from residence of MQM leader Farooq Sattar in early morning 'raid' |
| 2014-08-04 |
| [DAWN] KARACHI: In a raid conducted during the early hours of Monday morning, Rangers personnel briefly laid siege to the residence of 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... (MQM) deputy convener and MNA Dr Farooq Sattar, DawnNews reported. In a presser held outside his residence shortly after the incident, Sattar confirmed that a raid had taken place at his home but that he had "no prior knowledge". He said that after the removal of a security camp outside his house, he was left "unprotected". The MQM leader said that a licensed 9mm pistol was also ceased from his security guard. Later speaking to Dawn, he said that his security camp had been "ransacked" and his guards removed without any indication of what security forces were looking for. "They came on nearly 20 cycle of violences at around 2am and stayed for about 30 minutes," he said. He added that while he did not come into contact with the Rangers himself, he was informed of the incident by an attendant, after which he looked out a window and saw Rangers on both ends of the street. "The worst part is that I am left without any security. My police mobile leaves at night and this security camp outside my house is my only protection at night. My party ministers just visited and left a few guards at my house temporarily." "They [Rangers] even went to the houses of my neighbours and kicked the doors. One or two of the doors broke and they forcibly entered the homes of regular citizens that have no connection with my party." He said that residents Kashif and Asif were taken away, while an MQM worker Rao Shamshad was also taken into custody. "What have these ordinary citizens done to anyone?" he said, in a telephone conversation with Dawn. "They don't have anything to do with this." He said that there was no indication from the Rangers of what they were searching for, and said that if they had communicated it to him he would have appealed to residents to let them freely search the neighbourhood. |
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| #1 "Halp! I may suffer consequences for my earlier actions!" |
| Posted by: Frank G on the road 2014-08-04 11:29 |