The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has submitted a letter to United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, claiming excesses committed by the paramilitary Rangers in their ongoing security operation in Karachi.
The letter was submitted by MQM’s International Secretariat and was signed by the party’s head of international relations.
In its letter sent to the UN, the MQM has alleged that their workers are being mistreated during the current security operation being conducted in Karachi, and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) are unlawfully detaining their activists.
The letter specifically mentions the raid conducted on MQM’s headquarters on the night of July 17, and the subsequent arrest of Qamar Mansoor, a member of the party’s Rabita Committee.
MQM has further elaborated in their letter that the court had allowed Mansoor to get treatment in a private hospital, after an application was submitted in this regard. Although the court had allowed treatment in the case, Rangers later denied it citing security reasons. The paramilitary force had earlier claimed during a court hearing that treatment was being provided to Mansoor in his special cell.
