The Sindh National Party (SNP) staged a rally outside the Karachi Press Club on Sunday to protest the attack on former home minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza in London. A large number of protesters gathered at the SNP’s head-office at Dr Dawood Pota Road in Cantonment Saddar and headed towards the press club in the shape of a rally. They carried banners and placards inscribed with pro-Mirza slogans. Speaking to the protesters, SNP Chairman Ameer Bhambhro said that his party and Sindhis condemn the attack on former home minister, who is raising his voice against those conspiring against the province.
“The attack on Mirza in London shows that terrorists do not want to let international institutions know about the truth at any forum,” he said. “The population of 180 million in Sindh would never let a soldier fighting for the rights of the people battle alone.” He warned that the patience of the Sindh people should not be tested as they would not tolerate any conspiracy against the country and the province. “If the people of Sindh react against such attacks on the sons of the soil, then the whole responsibility would lie on the shoulders of an ethnic party.”
Bhambhro claimed the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), under a pre-planned conspiracy, is planning a bloodbath in the city by fanning ethnic violence. “It is surprising that the country’s agencies are carrying out operations in Sindh and Balochistan, however, they have not started any action against the MQM despite the large number of proofs against the party.”
