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Partial strike observed in Sindh on JSQM call
A policeman sits outside closed shops in Karachi.—AFP HYDERABAD: A complete strike was observed in several districts in Sindh on Monday on the call of JSQM (Arisar group) to protest the influx of IDPs into the province. In Hyderabad, complete strike was observed in the three city talukas including the MQM strongholds of City and Latifabad talukas. Complete strike was also observed in Tandojam and Tando Mohammad Khan. But according to reports reaching here, no strike was observed in Sanghar and Tharparkar districts while only partial strike was observed in Badin, Thatta, Jacobabad, Umerkot and Naushahro Feroze districts. Abdul Wahid Arisar claimed that strike was fully supported by MQM although according to late night reports, MQM had withdrawn its support for the strike. Over two dozen JSQM activists were arrested in Tando Mohammad Khan, Nawabshah, Khairpur and Mirpurkhas districts. During the strike on Monday, some unidentified persons riding on motorcycle hurled petrol bombs at a laundry shop and a grocery shop on main Qasimabad road, but no serious damage was reported to the shops. Meanwhile, district nazim Jamshoro, Malik Asad Sikandar, said in a statement that the terrorists involved in the murder of two innocent people in Khursheed colony Kotri on Sunday night will not go scot-free. He said, no one would be allowed to destroy the peace of the district. PPP MNA Abdul Ghani Talpur and provincial minister, Dr Dayaram and MPA Dr Sikandar Ali Shoro have also condemned the murder of innocent people in Kotri. Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Hyderabad, Abdul Waheed Qureshi has also condemned the Kotri incident and said that such incidents could lead to ethnic hatred. Sindh Peoples Youth leaders Aajiz Dhamrah and Ahsan Abro in a statement said that the enemies of the country, Sindh and democracy had hatched a conspiracy to destroy the peace of Sindh in the garb of strike. They regretted that the coalition partners of the government were also supporting the conspirators. DAWN: Monday, 25 May, 2009 |
