Over 150 PPP workers killed in Karachi: Wassan

Former Sindh home minister Manzoor Wassan has claimed that more than 150 Pakistan Peoples’ Party workers have been killed in targeted assaults in Karachi during fresh firing incidents.
Talking to media at Karachi airport, the PPP leader expressed his concerns over the fresh wave of violence in the city, saying “the government is striving to curb the violence and measures are afoot in this regard.”
“There are various motives behind political violence in Karachi in which PPP has lost its 150 workers,” Wassan said, urging Rangers, police and political parties to play their due role to forge peace in the city.
After the fresh wave of attacks, targeting activists of all key political parties, including Pakistan Peoples’ Party and others in Karachi, the ruling party has directed its worker to halt socio-political activities in the city.
“Feeling the sense of insecurity among party workers, we have directed them to restrain from unnecessary political activities and avoid sitting outside their houses, at hotels and public places,” PPP’s Provincial General Secretary Taj Haider told media.
At least seven political workers have been killed in recent targeted assaults, with PPP and ANP offices attacked by miscreants in different areas of the metropolis over the past 48 hours.