KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers protested in the Sindh Assembly on Monday against what they called the ‘extra judicial killing’ of party worker Muhammad Hashim, according to local media sources.
During the session, MQM lawmakers held photographs of the deceased worker and chanted slogans after their requests, seeking time to brief the house about the killing of Hashim, were turned down.
Following the uproar, Sindh Assembly speaker Agha Siraj Durrani adjourned the session for 10 minutes, reportedly.
The government, however, refused to listen to the MQM leaders and maintained that the incident is being probed. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah was attending the assembly session at the time when MQM lawmakers started their protest, sources further added.
“All treasury members have made a human chain around the chief minister in order to defend him from any untoward incident,” PPP ministers said.