HEAVY CONTINGENT OF POLICE RAIDED THE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE OF MQM AT NINE ZERO

Karachi: 23 April 1999

According to first information, today at around 5 a.m., heavy contingent of Police and CIA, in four mobile vans and two armoured personnel carriers nos. 148 and 126, private vehicles used by the CIA personnel and several Hyundai cars, raided the Employment Office of Muttahida Quami Movement at Nine Zero, Azizabad, Karachi.

The raiding party entered into the office by breaking the front door. They ransacked the office and confiscated several documents (applications for employment) and other office equipment from the scene. This Employment Office was used to receive applications from general public during the period while the MQM was in coalition government.

Since the imposition of Governor Rule in Sindh, this is the third massive raid conducted by the law enforcement agencies at Nine Zero, the MQM Head Office at Azizabad, Karachi.

Further details awaited