Day of mourning observed in various cities of Sindh

KARACHI / HYDERABAD / SUKKUR: A day of mourning was observed in many parts of Sindh including Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur on Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) call, Express News reported on Saturday. On February 7, MQM had announced that a day of mourning would be observed today (Saturday) to register their protest against the killing of a party worker in Karachi. Shops started to open in Karachi at around 2pm after the MQM Rabita Committee asked business owners in Sindh to reopen their establishments. Most shops and businesses were closed and attendance at schools was low in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur. Public transport was not operating and there was little traffic on roads in all three cities. Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI) had announced on February 7 that it would keep its vehicles off the road on Saturday. Petrol pumps throughout the cities were also closed today. Black cloths were hung outside MQM offices in Sukkur today as a sign of mourning. ‘Extrajudicial killings’ Unidentified men had allegedly kidnapped Muhammad Salman on February 3. His mutilated body was found a day later from the Shah Latif Town of Landhi. Addressing a press conference, MQM leaders had claimed that Salman was a victim of extra judicial killings by the LEAs. They had demanded registration of a case against police chief Shahid Hayat for failing to tackle the situation. “Since last year, 45 of our workers have gone missing, 40 went missing since the operation started. Ten activists have been victims to extrajudicial killings,” MQM leader Haider Abbas Rizvi had said. He said that the party had no other way except to protest and observe days of mourning.