Karachi: Police released Pak Sarzameen Party leaders Mustafa Kamal, Raza Haroon and Dr. Sagheer from detention in the early hours on Monday. The police had arrested the leaders along with other party workers since they were trying to enter Karachi’s red zone. The police shelled tear gas at protesters to try and stop them from reaching the CM house.
However, PSP Chairman Kamal claimed that the party workers had not entered Red Zone at the time of his arrest.He added that the arrests were made because the party was demanding water for the children of Karachi.
Talking to the media after his release, the PSP chairman condemned the use of force to disperse his party workers and said that the provincial government should be ashamed for arresting innocent citizens.
On Sunday, a heavy contingent of police resorted to baton charge and shelling to disperse hundreds of PSP activists as they tried to march towards the Chief Minister House. Hundreds of PSP activists had gathered at Shahrah-e-Faisal near FTC bridge after the provincial government imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) in Karachi’s Red Zone on Sunday just hours before the announced march of the PSP to the Chief Minister House.
During the clash PSP President Anees Qaimkhani was hit by water cannon. The entire central leadership of PSP has been taken into custody. Later, police uprooted the party’s camp at the FTC on Shahra-e-Faisal.
