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MQM dismisses Sindh government’s judicial commission

KARACHI: The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) on Saturday rejected the Sindh government’s judicial commission formed to investigate the murders of party workers Sohail Ahmed and Faraz Alam.

Speaking to reporters, MQM leader Qamar Mansoor said a judicial inquiry should be conducted to probe extra-judicial killing and disappearances of party workers. “The commission formed by the Sindh government comprises a

By TICKER
January 31, 2015
KARACHI: The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) on Saturday rejected the Sindh government’s judicial commission formed to investigate the murders of party workers Sohail Ahmed and Faraz Alam.

Speaking to reporters, MQM leader Qamar Mansoor said a judicial inquiry should be conducted to probe extra-judicial killing and disappearances of party workers. “The commission formed by the Sindh government comprises a retired judge, which is not acceptable.”

Mansoor expressed hope that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would write a letter to the Supreme Court and constitute an inquiry commission headed by an active judge.

Terming the commission formed by the Sindh government as ‘administrative’, Mansoor said if the provincial government had honest intensions they would have written a letter to the Chief Justice Sindh High Court (SHC). The MQM leader called on the Sindh government to form a commission comprising a judge from the SHC.

Speaking to reporters, MQM leader Farooq Sattar termed a problem with Karachi as the entire country’s problem. Sattar said residents of Karachi and MQM had played a key role in the fight against terrorism.

Sattar told reporters that 20 MQM workers were missing while 36 had been murdered extra-judicially. “No suspect for the extra-judicial murders has been arrested.”

According to Sattar if a monitoring committee was formed there might not be a need for a judicial commission. Sattar added the MQM was the first party to support the targeted operation in Karachi. “The situation has deteriorated since CM Sindh was made the captain,” he said.

The MQM leader said Rangers had been present in the city for some time. “There is partial martial law in Karachi.”
Sattar said if Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif wanted a real democracy, Article 245 should be eliminated.

Farooq Sattar further said the direction of the Karachi operation had been turned towards the MQM. “Only the offices of the MQM and no other party were closed in Karachi.”

On Friday, the Sindh government formed a one-member judicial commission to investigate the murders of MQM workers Sohail Ahmed and Faraz Alam. A spokesman for Sindh CM Qaim Ali Shah said the commission would be headed by Justice (retd) Ghulam Sarwar.