Kamal asks govt to arrest Sindh governor

KARACHI: Former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal on Thursday alleged that Sindh Governor Ishratul Eabd was already aware that the events of May 12 would take place, demanding the government to put him on the Exit Control List (ECL).

The leader of the newly formed Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) said command and control center was set up at the Governor House on May 12 and Ishratul Ebad was dealing with the entire administration of Karachi.

"53 people were murdered and Ishratul Ebad still remained the governor,” he said and claimed that Ebad was facing 30 cases that also include murder charges. Kamal said the governor was in constant touch with Altaf Hussain and had received funds from British government for five years upon his return from London.

He asked the government to launch an inquiry into Ibad's assets which he has made during his governorship.

 The former mayor claimed that he had video evidence to corroborate his claim that the governor was already aware of the May 12 events.

Mustafa Kamal said he presents himself for an inquiry into allegations that he laundered money to Malaysia and London.

Ibad on Wednesday said that being a representative of the president, he was a part of the establishment and that he would not let any worthless person say rubbish things.

Addressing a ceremony and talking to media persons, he criticised former Karachi Nazim Mustafa Kamal and his newly-formed Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP). “In my opinion, he is a very dishonourable, mean, low and bipolar person,” he said, mockingly inviting the PSP chief to visit a hospital to cure all his ‘diseases’.

He alleged that the PSP chief had indulged in massive corruption during his tenure as Karachi Nazim and had ruined the city, also accusing him of sending money to Malaysia and London.

Ibad said that former city Nazim Naimatullah Khan of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) had played a crucial role in the development of Karachi and the current local government representatives should learn from him. The city government installed in 2005 sabotaged the vision of Naimatullah, he noted.

Ibad said the city government headed by Kamal performed well below par and could not even keep up with the JI leader’s work pace.

The term china-cutting initially surfaced in 2008 when Kamal was the city Nazim. “There are two aspects of china-cutting in the city. One is encroachment, the other targeted killings and cross-killings.”

The governor warned that the Sindh government would not spare anyone trying to disrupt peace in the city or involved in acts of violence in the past.