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IJT funerals held by charged activists
KARACHI, Sept 15: The funeral prayers for two Islami Jamiat Tulaba (IJT) activists who
were killed a day earlier were held after Friday prayers. Two others had been
already held after midnight Thursday as their bodies had to be sent to Chakwal
and Skardu.
Seven people were killed 7:00 p.m. Thursday, including the
IJT workers, when nine unidentified men on three motorcycles opened
indiscriminate fire on a G7 route bus on University Road and later threw inside
an explosive substance believed by some to be a hand grenade. Imran Shahid's
funeral was held under the imamat of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) NWFP Ameer
Siraj-ul-Haq at Numaish Chowrangi while Atif Butt's was held in Khokrapar, Malir
on Friday. Ghulam Siddique's funeral prayer was held under the imamat of former
city nazim Niamatullah Khan on New M. A. Jinnah Road near Islamia College while
the funeral prayers of Habibullah were held at Imambargah Punjatani in Lines
Area on Thursday. Imran Shahid's body was sent to Chakwal and Ghulam Siddique's
body was sent to Gilgit. Habiballah's body was sent to Skardu.
"Altaf
Hussain's entire life is grossly dipped in the blood of innocent people. He is
an absconder. There are numerous cases registered against him in almost every
police station in Karachi. Altaf must stop shedding peoples' blood because this
tactic will not support the deteriorated state of the MQM's popularity," former
city nazim Niamatullah Khan said while talking to the media prior to Ghulam
Siddique's funeral.
"Whenever IJT's nazim calls for a march towards
Islamabad, I prefer to participate as an IJT activist rather than a former
minister. The days are numbered for the tyrants. The authoritarian rule is about
to end soon," Siraj-ul-Haq said after the funeral.
"The MQM is
responsible of killing innocent citizens. People have now recognized the MQM's
face covered in blood. People have now understood the tricks that the MQM uses
to turn the flow of politics, by killing people," JI Karachi Ameer Dr
Meraj-ul-Huda Siddiqui said in his speech before Ghulam Siddique's funeral
prayers.
"Killing students is part of a conspiracy to sabotage the
peaceful environment of academic institutions. We demand the murderers be
arrested without delay, failing which, the administration would be responsible
for any resulting action," Imamia Students Organisation (ISO) Karachi President
Syed Ali Naqvi said.
The activists chanted slogans against Gen. Pervez
Musharraf, Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan and Muttahidda Qaumi Movement
Chief Altaf Hussain. They also chanted: "O the people of Karachi! What do you
want?" The reply that followed was: "We want Altaf's head." Leaders of the
Opposition parties, JI and IJT, were also present at the funeral prayers and
among them were Islami Tehrik Leader Allama Nazir Abbass Naqvi, Jafferia
Alliance Pakistan Leader Senator Allama Abbas Kumaili, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf
Sindh President Zubair Khan, MNAs and MPAs of the MMA, JI Balochistan former
ameer Maulana Abdul Haq Baloch, IJT Pakistan General Secretary Atiq-ur-Rehman,
IJT Sindh Nazim Faisal Sheikh and IJT Punjab Nazim Allah Bux
Leghari.
Meanwhile, the MQM has denied the allegations and said that the
Jamaat-e-Islami is involved in the incident. "We condemn the incident. The
Jamaat-e-Islami has once again started 'dead body politics' to recover its
fading credibility among the masses," said a press statement issued from MQM's
Nine Zero headquarters. The same statement claimed that during the incident,
Osama Zubair, the brother of Hamad and member of the party, was also injured. Daily Times
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| Education News | | Updated: 25 May, 2012 |
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