Prime Minister Imran Khan has issued a statement condemning the 'violence used by Sindh police' on Wednesday at a protest held by Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) workers, whom the PM termed ‘peaceful' and called for an investigation into the incident.
The PM vowed to hold accountable those responsible for the violence, once a report has been issued.
"I have taken note of the violence used by Sindh police against MQM's peaceful protest against Sindh's [local government] law, [and] have called for a report from Interior Ministry, Sindh CS [and] Sindh IG [Inspector General of Police]," he wrote on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1486612350614401025
The Governor of Sindh Imran Ismail also issued a filmed statement against the 'police brutality on the peaceful demonstration of MQM Pakistan,' and called for open communication between the two groups to resolve the matter.
https://twitter.com/GovernorSindh33/status/1486364990005256193
The skirmish between Karachi police and MQM-P party members left one dead and several more injured, including women, children and lawmakers. Police sprayed teargas and baton-charged the protesters, after they say protesters had unlawfully assembled outside of the Chief Minister's house in Karachi.
MQM-P workers decried the police’s ‘fascist’ tactics and maintained that they were holding a peaceful demonstration, until police used violent force to disperse the crowd.
MQM-P's parliamentarian leader Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui told the press, "We will register a first information report (FIR) under a section of terrorism against Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah for the murder of our worker [...] This is just the beginning."
The PM vowed to hold accountable those responsible for the violence, once a report has been issued.
"I have taken note of the violence used by Sindh police against MQM's peaceful protest against Sindh's [local government] law, [and] have called for a report from Interior Ministry, Sindh CS [and] Sindh IG [Inspector General of Police]," he wrote on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1486612350614401025
The Governor of Sindh Imran Ismail also issued a filmed statement against the 'police brutality on the peaceful demonstration of MQM Pakistan,' and called for open communication between the two groups to resolve the matter.
https://twitter.com/GovernorSindh33/status/1486364990005256193
The skirmish between Karachi police and MQM-P party members left one dead and several more injured, including women, children and lawmakers. Police sprayed teargas and baton-charged the protesters, after they say protesters had unlawfully assembled outside of the Chief Minister's house in Karachi.
MQM-P workers decried the police’s ‘fascist’ tactics and maintained that they were holding a peaceful demonstration, until police used violent force to disperse the crowd.
MQM-P's parliamentarian leader Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui told the press, "We will register a first information report (FIR) under a section of terrorism against Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah for the murder of our worker [...] This is just the beginning."