Attack on Press Club widely condemned
KARACHI:March 2: Various political, social and religious organisations have slammed the Sunday night’s attack on the Karachi Press Club (KPC) and demanded of the Sindh government to apprehend the attackers forthwith.
In a statement issued on Monday, the Co-ordination Committee of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement condemned the attack on KPC and said that it was a democratic right of every individual to raise voice for his legal demands and hold peaceful protest. But the attack on the Club is against the democratic norms and is an act of violence, it added. The Committee demanded of Sindh Chief Minister Ali Muhammad Maher to order action against the protestors who attacked the Club.
Beside, the Co-ordination Committee also slammed the suicide attack on an Imambargah in Rawalpindi and said that it was a conspiracy to stir sectarian riots in the country. The party appealed to the people, belonging to all schools of thought, to remain united and foil such conspiracies being hatched by unscrupulous elements.
Separately, legislators belonging to the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) also flayed the attack on the KPC and termed it a conspiracy to destroy peace of the city.
In a joint statement issued on Monday, MNAs Muhammad Hussain Mehanti, Muhammad Laeeq Khan, Abdul Sattar Afghani, as well as MPAs Nasrullah Khan Shajee, Younus Barai and Hameedullah Khan said the attack on KPC was intolerable. They demanded of the administration and the provincial government to arrest the attackers and take stringent action against them. Expressing grief over the incident, they said the MMA was with the journalist community.
Also on Monday, Tehreek-e-Awam-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat leader, Haji Muhammad Hanif Blue, United Human Rights Welfare leaders, Muhammad Shafique, Babu Habib-ur-Rehman, Abdur Rehman Baloch and Rana Faizul Hassan decried the attack on the KPC and said the Club is a forum that never hurt the feelings of any community or group and instead provided opportunities to all the groups to present their viewpoint on any issue. The attackers must be arrested and punished, the leaders demanded.
The leaders announced their unflinching support to the journalist community and their representative organisation, KPC, and demanded of the government to compensate the loss.
Separately, DIG Operations, Tariq Jameel and TPO Clifton, Muneer Ahmed Shaikh visited the KPC and held meetings with the KPC Secretary, Khursheed Abbasi, and inquired about the attack on the KPC
Source: The News
Date:3/2/2004
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