Muttahida supports JSQM strike call
KARACH - MQM Rabita Committee has assured its full support to the
Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) call for a peaceful strike tomorrow
(Saturday) in protest against the settlement of displaced persons of
Swat and Malakand in Sindh.
JSQM chairman Bashir Qureshi had appealed to the people to observe a
shutdown strike on May 23 to express their opposition to the
government’s policy for accommodating internally displaced persons (IDPs)
in the Sindh province including Karachi. JSQM (Arasar Group) has
also given a strike call on May 23rd and 25th against the
settlements of IDP’s in Sindh.
To muster support from the MQM, JSQM’s 5-members delegation called
on the MQM Rabita Committee members Waseem Aftab and Shakir Ali at
Khursheed Memorial Hall here on Thursday. JSQM’s central finance
secretary Naeem Mandhro led the delegation.
Both sides agreed to strengthen their contacts for a joint stance on
Sindh-specific issues such as the IDPs affair.
JSQM leaders expressed their deep concern over the migration of the
displaced persons of Swat, Buner and Malakand agency to Sindh
province. They informed the MQM Rabita Committee members that Sindh
government so far had neither maintained any record of the IDPs nor
registered these people.
JSQM delegation further said that under the cover of IDPs, large
number of Taliban were also coming to Sindh and this would be
dangerous for peace in the Sindh province in future. They expressed
the hope that MQM would participate in the strike of JSQM.
In response, the MQM Rabita Committee leader assured the JSQM
delegation of their full support. They said that it was the
responsibility of the Sindh government to take serious notice of
Sindh people’s concern about Taliban. They further assured the JSQM
that MQM would fully support it against Talibanisation.
Meanwhile, other parties in Sindh have also opposed the IDPs’ entry
in Sindh and the JSQM had also garnered support from Sindh United
Party on this issue.
The Nation:May 22,2009 |
