Wife demands Muttahida leader's whereabouts

9 July 2000

The News
International

By our correspondent

KARACHI: The wife of a Muttahida leader has appealed to the Chief Executive, Sindh High Court Chief Justice and Corps Commander in the name of humanity to disclose the whereabouts of her husband after he was arrested from Quetta.

Ghazala Parveen, wife of Syed Nadir Shah, chief of unit 164, Liaquatabad, demanded that Nadir should be produced in the court according to law and charges against her husband be clearly spelt out. Besides, she's demanded an immediate meeting with her husband.

She said this while addressing a press conference at the MPAs' hostel, Azizabad, Saturday evening. Present on the occasion was Aftab Ahmed Sheikh and other members of Rabita Committee.

She said the murder charges levelled against her husband were totally baseless and unfounded. Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) convenor Rabita Committee Aftab Ahmed Sheikh has said that the image of MQM has been presented abroad and in the Punjab in a different manner.

He said the Press of Pakistan had become regional and was dishing out a negative propaganda at different stages. Senator Aftab said this while addressing the local journalists of the KUJ (D) group last night at a dinner hosted in their honour at Nine-Zero, Azizabad.

He said the government should hold elections and see that the press of Quetta, Peshawar, and Lahore would depict a biased opinion on the Karachi issue. He said a state-sponsored operation, launched against the Muttahida in 1992, was still on.

He said different governments in the past tried to crush Muttahida but failed in their evil designs. Meanwhile, the Muttahida MPAs of the suspended Sindh Assembly, have expressed deep concern over the unsatisfactory civic conditions of Karachi and demanded of the Governor to take notice in this regard. Muttahida MNAs of the suspended National Assembly have demanded that an impartial inquiry be held over the bomb explosions in Punjab.

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