Press Release, 9 June 2009
Karachi: In a statement issued on Tuesday 09th June 2009, HRCP Vice-chairperson (Sindh) Ghazi Salahuddin has expressed deep concern over the alarming rise of violence in Sindh that is highlighted by the latest spate of targeted killings in Karachi. Following is the text of the statement:
At a time when the nation’s attention is focused on the counter-insurgency operation of the armed forces in northern areas and on the massive humanitarian crisis that it has spawned, a virtual breakdown of law or order in Sindh, particularly in Karachi, is a matter of deep concern for all law-abiding citizens. An environment of fear and insecurity that this situation has caused is generating lack of respect for basic human and democratic rights of the people.
Karachi has always had a potential for violence and disorder, a potential that has been expanded by poor governance and political expediencies. The present situation has been in the making for some time and it is disquieting to see that parties that are together in the ruling coalition have also been engaged in bitter rivalries that have exacerbated tensions and emboldened armed political/criminal factions.
The inability of the provincial administration to enforce rule of law and protect life and property of the citizens has raised the level of anxiety and uncertainty to an extent that the entire social equilibrium of the society is threatened. As for targeted killings in Karachi, apparently old rivalries and some new developments are involved. The complexity of this situation demands a combined effort on the part of all political and ethnic and linguistic factions to protect peace and social harmony in the city.
One measure of the gravity of the law and order situation in Karachi is that the number of political activists killed in the first week of this month has exceeded 35. It is extremely worrying that killers, who tend to appear suddenly, riding motorbikes, in often congested localities, are not apprehended by law enforcement agencies. This failure calls for a new strategy to reverse the rising tide of violence, with the sincere involvement of the political as well as the administrative arms of the provincial government.
Ghazi Salahuddin
Co-Chairperson
HRCP Sindh Chapter
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mr.ghazi salha uddin saheb.
assalaam-o-alikum.
umeed karta hon aap khairiyat se honge.main aap se karachi k muamle per kuch kehna chahta hon.mera taluqe mqm haqiqi se hai.aap ko shayed maloom he hoga ab ta humhare 47 workers ko sirf 15 dinon main maardiya gaiya hai.workers k saath saath ghar ki khawateen ko bhi goliyaan maren gaiyen hai.hum log bohat be kasi aur be basi ki zindagi guzaar rahe hain.chairman mqm haqiqi amir khan jail main hain.khudara humare liyeh awaz uthain
ghazi saheb salaam.
main umeed karta hon k khairiyat se honge.main tu sir yeh he kehna chahta hon k mohajir qaumi movement(haqiqi) k karkunaan k qatl k bare main tu kuch likhain,amir khan k ghar loota gaiya hai.khawateen bhi drhshat gardon ki goliyion ka nishana ban rahien hain,aaj karachi k aksar elaqon main dehshat khullam khulla wepon lekar ghom rahe hain.duniya janti hai kaun qatik hain.
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