INDISCRIMINATE FIRING BY THE PUNJABI POLICE AND PARAMILITARY RANGERS UPON THE PEACEFUL PROTESTORS OF THE SIT-IN DEMONSTRATION OF JSQM AND MQM IN SUKKUR, PAKISTAN
TWO JSQM WORKERS SHOT DEAD – ATTEMPT TO MURDER BASHEER QURESHI, CHAIRMAN JSQM
GENERAL DYER STYLE ACTION CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THAT THE PUNJAB POLICE, PARAMILITARY RANGERS AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES CONSIDER SINDH AS AN “OCCUPIED” PROVINCE AND THEIR COLONY
10 June 2001
The Punjabi Police and Paramilitary Rangers have taken the barbaric action against the peaceful demonstrators of “occupied” Sindh, as was taken by the infamous General Dyer at the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre during Independence Movement of the Indian Subcontinent on April 13, 1919. The same brutality and viciousness to terrorise the people then, was repeated today against the peaceful demonstrators of JSQM and MQM in Sukkur, who were protesting against the artificially created water shortage in Sindh Province of Pakistan, by the Paramilitary Rangers and Police. This General Dyer style action clearly demonstrates that the Punjab Police, Paramilitary Rangers and other law enforcement agencies consider Sindh as an “occupied” province and their colony.
Photographs of the JSQM worker Abdul Haque
Mirani, who was ruthlessly murdered
as a result of the direct and indiscriminate firing of Police and
Paramilitary Rangers
As a result, hundreds have been injured, more than 2000 unlawfully arrested and till the filing of the report it has been confirmed that two JSQM workers have been ruthlessly murdered. The condition of dozens of peaceful protestors who were shot upon indiscriminately by the Paramilitary Rangers and Police is reported to be very critical and in danger.
Innocent JSQM workers unlawfully arrested
and put behind bars
In another incident, the Punjabi Police and the Paramilitary Rangers opened indiscriminate heavy firing upon the peaceful procession of protestors at Kot Deji. One person has died, whereas more than 100 protestors have been injured as a result. The condition of around two dozen of those injured is reported to be serious. They are being treated at the Khairpur Hospital.
Presence of heavy contingents of Police to
sabotage the peaceful sit-in demonstration
According to independent reports and eyewitness accounts, in the early hours of 10 June 2001, at the Dadu Moro Bridge in Sukkur, the personnel of Police and Paramilitary Rangers opened indiscriminate heavy firing upon the procession of peaceful protestors on their way to observe the sit-in against the water shortage in Sindh Province, southern Pakistan. Mr Basheer Khan Qureshi, Chairman JSQM, was leading the procession. As a result of this heavy indiscriminate firing, dozens of people were severely injured, the car of Mr Basheer Khan Qureshi was fired upon and a most unfortunately Mr Abdul Haque Meerani, a worker of JSQM, received serious bullet injuries and died as a result. The injured persons are being treated at the Dadu Hospital.
It should be recalled that the Jeay Sindh Quami Mahaz (JSQM) had called to observe a peaceful sit-in at Sukkur on 10 June 2001 with the full support of the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM). The present Military Government resorted to heavy-handedness, and since last night, thousands of Paramilitary Rangers and Police personnel were deployed in and around the outskirts of Sukkur to prevent any gathering of innocent peaceful protestors. The sit-in was called to peacefully protest against the continued water shortage in Sindh Province.
UNLAWFULLY DETAINED MQM PARLIAMENTARIANS DR FAROOQ SATTAR, MR SHOAIB BUKHARI ADVOCATE, MOHAMMAD HUSSAIN AND OTHER MQM LEADERS, OFFICE BEARERS, WORKERS AND SUPPORTERS IS REQUESTED
MORE THAN 53 INNOCENT MQM WORKERS AND SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCES
CAN ANYONE TELL THE FATE OF
"DISAPPEARED" MQM WORKERS AND
SUPPORTERS?
THE UNFORTUNATE VICTIMS WERE ARRESTED AND
TAKEN INTO THE STATE CUSTODY
HELP:
EVEN AFTER MANY YEARS THEIR
WHEREABOUTS ARE STILL UNKNOWN