MWM announces sit-in outside CM House to protest against Shia genocide

Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen has announced on Thursday they will stage a rally and a sit-in outside Chief Minister’s House on Sunday in second phase their ongoing protest against the Shia genocide in Karachi.

“Should the incompetent Sindh Government fails to stop Shia genocide, our protest will enter into third phase and next sit-in will be staged in front of Zardari House, Bilawal House and Bhutto House Naudero,” vowed Allama Ahmed Iqbal Rizvi, an eminent official of the MWM speaking at a press conference here on Thursday. Allama Aijaz Behishti, Ali Hussain Naqvi and Mubashir Hassan were also present.

Allama Ahmed Iqbal said that 3 Shiites including an owner of grocery general store were assassinated within 18 hours on Wednesday. He said that since targeted operation began in September 2013 to date, more than 125 Shia Muslims have been murdered in Karachi and among them were eminent scholars, doctors, lawyers, engineers. He said that now Yazidi takfiri terrorists of banned outfits targeting businessmen.

“Shia Muslims appeal to all the victims of terrorism to join the MWM’s protest on Sunday June 1. Rally will be staged from Numaish Chowrangi to CM House. Today, they have blocked the roads leading to CM House so that teachers cannot go there to register protest. We demand the Chief Minister to stop terrorism instead of teachers,” he said.  

He said that PPP leaders: Asif Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari must take notice of their government’s inaction against the terrorists. If they fail to do so, third phase of protest would target them, we shall stage sit-in outside Bilawal House in Karachi, Zardari House in Nawabshah and Bhutto House in Naudero Larkana, he warned.

“Government must shoulder its responsibility because the Constitution made it obligatory on the rulers to protect the lives and properties of citizens of Pakistan and if they cannot do this job, they must quit, ” he urged.       

Allama Ahmed Iqbal lashed out at the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for not inviting Shia parties at high-level meeting he presided over to discuss law and order situation in Karachi. He said that it reflected sort of bias Prime Minister had with the victims of terrorism. He said that the PMLN government had bowed to Saudi monarchy at US dollars 1.5 billion and they are protecting the Yazidi takfiri terrorists of outlawed outfits in the name of talks with them instead of launching military operation to liquidate them.

“Provincial governments are emulating the federal government and they too took no action to eliminate the terrorists. The most inept, incompetent of them is Sindh Chief Minister who holds home ministry as well but failed to liquidate the terrorists. Banned terrorist outfits’ leaders are accorded official protocol and this approach has encouraged and emboldened the terrorists,” he said.