17 December 1998
London time: 1 p.m.
AVAILABLE REPORTS OF RAIDS,
ARRESTS, HARASSMENT AND TORTURE OF THE MQM WORKERS
Following are a few available reports of raids, arrests,
harassment and torture committed against the MQM workers by the
personnel of the law enforcement agencies in the urban centres of
Sindh, southern Pakistan. The Government of Nawaz Sharif is
continuing with its MQM Crush Operation, and in the process have
given carte blanche to the Administration to use every means,
legal or illegal, to physically eliminate the MQM.
17 December 1998:
- At around 5 a.m., the personnel of Orangi Town Police
Station, led by Mahmood and Mulla Nawab, raided the
residence of Saleem Hussain and arrested him. Saleem
Hussain 25, son of Jameel Hussain is a worker of MQM Unit
125, Sector Orangi Town. At present he was residing
temporarily at House No. 5-A-4, North Karachi, Karachi.
Saleem Hussain is physically very weak due to illness.
The raiding party dragged him to the APC, looted cash Rs
4000 from the house and threatened the family members.
The local Preedy Police Station had denied the arrest of
Saleem Hussain, when contacted by the family members.
- At around 3 a.m., the personnel of police in plain
clothes and uniforms raided thes house of Afaq, an MQM
worker of Burns Road. In his absence they arrested
Ishtiaq Uddin 22, son of Ikhlaq Uddin, resident of Akbar
Road, Frere Market, Burns Road, Karachi, elder brother of
Afaq Uddin.
16 December 1998:
- At around 2:00 a.m. the personnel of CIA, Sharifabad and
Korangi Police Stations conducted a joint raid at the
residence of Mohammed Saeed Khan and arrested him.
Mohammed Saeed Khan 45, son of Badloo Khan, is a resident
of 33/D, Korangi 21/2, Karachi. He is a worker of MQM
Elder Wing.
- At around 4:30 a.m., CIA Saddar raided the residence of
Rasheed, a worker of MQM Unit 124, Sector Orangi Town. As
Rasheed was not present in the house, the raiding party
arrested his elder brother, Saeed Alam 28, son of
Mohammed Abbas.
- At around 2.30 a.m., the personnel of Korangi Police
Station raided the residence of Yaseen and arrested him.
Yaseen 40, son of Mohammad Yameen, resident of Korangi,
Karachi, is the incharge of MQM Elders Wing in Korangi.
- At around 1 a.m., heavy contingent of Police raided the
residence of Ms. Naz. They threatened the family, looted
the valuables and plundered the house. Ms. Naz, resident
of 1751/2, Federal B. Area, Karachi, is a worker of MQM
Ladies Wing, Unit 154, Federal B. Area
- At around 4 a.m., the personnel of police and CIA raided
the residence of Mohammad Zahid and arrested him.
Mohammad Zahid son of Tauheed Ahmed is a worker of MQM
Unit 124, Sector Orangi Town.
- At around 3 a.m., the personnel of CIA and Police raided
the residence of Riaz Ahmed. In his absence they
threatened the family members, ransacked the house,
looted the valuables and demanded money. Riaz Ahmed son
of Siddique Ahmed, resident of House No. 503, Aziz Nagar,
Karachi, is a worker of MQM Unit 130. This was the third
consecutive raid conducted on his residence by the Police.
- The personnel of Korangi Police Station, led by SHO Ejaz
Shah, raided several houses of MQM workers and supporters
and made several arrests. Those who were arrested are:
Zakir Hussain son of Ghulam Hussain, Javed, Ehsan, Imran,
Mohammad Ahmed son of Shafi Mohammad and Amir Raza.
- At around 11 a.m., the personnel of Nazimabad-Gulbahar
Police Station, led by SHO Chaudhry Aslam, raided the
post office where Abid Zaidi is an employee and arrested
him. Abid Zaidi 30, son of Mohsin Zaidi, is the Member of
MQM PIB Sector Committee.
15 December 1998:
- At around 11 p.m., the personnel of New Karachi Police
Station led by SHO Taufeeq Zahid raided the residence of
Syed Mohammad Muzaffar and arrested him. Syed Mohammad
Muzaffar 25, son of Syed Mohammad Athar, is an MQM worker
of Unit 143 Sector North Karachi.
- At around 4 p.m., the personnel of Police arrested Saleem
by off loading him from the coach, while he was going
home. Saleem is a worker of MQM Unit 125, Sector Qasba
Alighar, Karachi. Other three MQM workers were also
arrested by the personnel of CIA and Police from the area,
namely Adnan, Tanweer and Qamar Abbas who are MQM workers
of Unit 125, Sector Qasba and Alighar Karachi.
- At around midnight, the Police Party raided the houses of
Salahuddin, Sarwar and Hanif, workers of MQM Unit 125,
Qasba and Aligarh Sector. As all these workers were not
present in their houses, the personnel of Police looted
the house and threatened the family members.
- At around 2:00 p.m., the personnel of CIA and Police
raided the residence of Naeem, an MQM worker. The raiding
party came in mobile vehicle 544 and a private car (Reg.
No. AAF-988). Faisal alias Lamba (a police informer) was
also accompanying the raiding party. As Naeem was not
present in the house, the raiding party arrested his
brother Saleem. He was brutally tortured and released
after being threatened to produce his brother.
- At around 10:25 p.m., the personnel of CIA and Pak-Colony
Police Station raided the residence of Iqbal, Joint
Incharge of MQM Pak Colony Sector. As he was not present
in the house, the raiding party tortured his father Abdul
Karim and threatened his to produce his son. The same
raiding party then raided the residence of other MQM
workers Nasir and Rehman. In their absence they
threatened the family members, looted the valuables and
plundered the houses.
- The personnel of B-Section Police arrested Afsar Ahmed
from Habib Bank, Latifabad, Hyderabad. Afsar Ahmed is a
worker of MQM Unit 48, Sector M, Hyderabad.
- The personnel of Baldia Police raided the residence of
Mubeen, an MQM worker of Unit 1, Hyderabad. In his
absence they ransacked the house, looted the valuables
and threatened the family members. They have also
arrested his brother Shakeel.
14 December 1998:
- At around 7 p.m., the personnel of I.G. Police Cell
Karachi led by Inspector Farooq Amin raided the temporary
residence of Syed Arshad Ali Zaidi at North Karachi, and
arrested him. Syed Arshad Ali Zaidi 29, son of Jamsheed
Ali Zaidi, is a worker of MQM Unit 32, Sector Lyari,
Karachi. At the time of the raid, Mr. Ali was not present
in the house but the raiding party remained in the house
and arrested him upon his arrival. No warrant of arrested
was provided.
- At around 8 p.m., the personnel of Peerabad Police
Station and CIA raided the temporary residence of Tariq
and arrested him. Tariq was living at his grandmother's
house. Tariq Yahya 23, son of Abdul Rauf, is a resident
of 218/8 Paposh Nagar, Cahndni Chowk, Karachi. He is a
worker of MQM Unit 181, Sector Nazimabad.
- At around midnight, the personnel of A-Section Police
raided the residence of Naeem Khan and arrested him.
Naeem Khan son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan is a worker of MQM
Unit 51, Hyderabad.
- In the evening, the personnel of City Police raided the
residence of Shahid and arrested him. Shahid son of Umer
Daraz is a worker of MQM Unit 3, Hyderabad.
10 December 1998:
In the after-noon, CIA men in plain clothes and the personnel
of Zaman Town Police Station arrested Zakir Hussain from the
Bolton Market in Saddar. Zakir Hussain was purchasing groceries
when the personnel of CIA and Police Party arrested him. Zakir
Hussain 32, son of Ghulam Hussain, is a worker of MQM Unit 75,
Sector Korangi, Karachi. He is an employee of Karachi
Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Karachi.