REPORTS OF ATROCITIES COMMITTED
BY THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES UPON MQM LEADERS, WORKERS, SUPPORTERS
AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS
12 December 2000
The personnel of Super Market Police Station, led by SI (Sub-Inspector) Rao Akhtar and ASI (Assistant Sub-Inspector) Sajjad Hyder arrested Waseem Ahmed Sheikh from Liaquatabad, while he was collecting donation for KKF (Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation). Waseem Ahmed Sheikh 33, son of Hanif Ahmed Sheikh is an Office bearer of MQM Unit 166, Liaquatabad Sector, Karachi. He is being detained at Super Market police Station.
11 December 2000
8 December 2000
Mohammad Shafi, Member of MQM Liaquatabad Sector Committee and Iqbal Ahmed, former Member of MQM Liaquatabad Sector Committee were ruthlessly murdered by terrorists at the Mamjee Hospital in Karachi.
According to details, Mohammad Shafi was accompanying Iqbal Ahmed, who had an appointment for a medical check-up. When they reached the hospital, masked terrorists attacked them and opened indiscriminate fire. As a result, Mohammad Shafi and Iqbal Ahmed were shot several times and died on the spot. There are several witnesses to the incident as this happened in the Mamjee Hospital.
Details of the murdered MQM workers:
1- Mohammad Shafi 45, son of Abdul Majeed, resident of Liaquatabad No 3 and 4, Karachi. He was the Member of MQM Liaquatabad Sector Committee. He was the father of four daughters and four sons.
2- Iqbal Ahmed 35, son of Mushtaq Ahmed, resident of Liaquatabad No 10, Karachi. He was the former Member of MQM Liaquatabad Sector Committee.
5 December 2000
At around 5.00 p.m., the personnel of Super Market Police Station, led by ASI Sajjad Hyder arrested Ashraf 23, son of Mohammad Ilyas, Joint In-charge of MQM Unit 166, Liaquatabad Sector, Karachi. He is being detained at unknown destination.
4 December 2000
3 December 2000
I. Badar Islam 32, son of Abdul Salam
II. Rifat Islam 29, son of Abdul Salam
23 November 2000
The personnel of Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) West Police murdered Ms Kausar Khatoon, sister of Mr Saleem, an MQM worker of Unit 18, Sector Lyari in Karachi, Pakistan. This brutal murder warrants the immediate attention of the international community and the human rights organisations towards the massive violations of human rights and total disregard to the right of life of the people of urban centres of Sindh, particularly Mohajirs.
According to details, on 23 November 2000, at around 11 p.m., two armed robbers entered into the house of Ms Kausar Khatoon in Lyari, Karachi. Nadeem, the nephew of Ms Kausar Khatoon, who was present in the house, immediately saw them and screamed for help. The armed robbers shot Nadeem in the leg. Upon hearing the gunshots and screams of Nadeem, Ms Kausar Khatoon tried to escape but was spotted and shot upon resulting in her death. As a result of gunfire and screaming, the area residents immediately came for help and with a joint effort seized the culprits.
Astoundingly, a CIA West Police mobile van with five personnel of CIA West Police was parked near the house, did not came to the rescue of Ms Khatoon, however, they immediately came into action and took away the two culprits from the area residents and arrested them. All the area residents recognised the two robbers as policemen belonging to the CIA West Police and were taken to the police station. To cover this incident, the police are conspiring to twist the case into a “police encounter” so that the police personnel responsible for this murder couldn’t be charged for murder. Moreover, Nadeem who is the only eyewitness of this tragic event is already receiving threats not to disclose the identities of the murderers. The personnel of CIA West Police also arrested Mr Naeem and Mr Kashif, the brother and nephew of Ms Khatoon. They were immediately taken away in the mobile van and subjected to inhuman torture.
It is abundantly clear that the police personnel planned to rob the house of Ms Kausar Khatoon as they knew very well that she was a widow and lived alone. They were not expecting her nephew to be there. Two policemen in civilian clothes entered the house, while the others waited outside in the police van to provide them protection. Such incidents of highhandedness of the police personnel have become a daily routine matter. Billions of rupees are being extorted as bribes from the citizens of Karachi and other urban centres of Sindh by the Punjabi police personnel, which have been deployed in Karachi for this very purpose.
18 November 2000
Shakeel Ahmed Shaikh 32, son of Zahoor Ahmed Shaikh, an MQM worker of Unit 159, Sector Liaquatabad, abducted and ruthlessly murdered by the personnel of law enforcement agencies in Karachi. According to report, Shakeel Ahmed Sheikh was abducted on 15 November 2000, by the personnel of law enforcement agencies. He was kept in custody at unknown destination and brutally tortured. After severely torturing him for two days, he was shot dead. His dead body was dumped near a house E-35/1 Jehangir Road, Karachi, Pakistan. Torture marks were visible all over his body. A bullet was fired at his head from point blank range causing his death.
Shakeel Ahmed Shaikh was an employee in the Public Health Department. Before 1996, Shakeel Ahmed Shaikh lived in Hyderabad. Because of numerous illegal raids upon his residence and harassment to his family members by the personnel of law enforcement agencies, he shifted to Karachi along with his wife. In Karachi, he was residing in the Liaquatabad Area along with his wife and a three-month-old daughter. Prior to his abduction, he was seen leaving the residence of his in-laws in Jamsheed Quarter Area, Karachi.
10 November 2000
The
personnel of C.I.A Police arrested Mohammad Ayub from the bakery
shop during the purchasing. Mohammad Ayub 35, son of
Mohammad Siddiq is an office bearer of MQM Unit 131, Qasba
Aligarh Sector, Karachi. He is being detained at Orangi
Town Police Station.