AIRLINK 172.70 Decreased By ▼ -3.03 (-1.72%)
BOP 13.30 Increased By ▲ 0.18 (1.37%)
CNERGY 7.39 Decreased By ▼ -0.15 (-1.99%)
FCCL 43.62 Decreased By ▼ -0.29 (-0.66%)
FFL 14.88 Decreased By ▼ -0.13 (-0.87%)
FLYNG 26.49 Decreased By ▼ -0.41 (-1.52%)
HUBC 129.80 Decreased By ▼ -0.43 (-0.33%)
HUMNL 13.20 Decreased By ▼ -0.14 (-1.05%)
KEL 4.45 Decreased By ▼ -0.05 (-1.11%)
KOSM 6.04 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-0.33%)
MLCF 55.30 Decreased By ▼ -0.73 (-1.3%)
OGDC 212.35 Decreased By ▼ -2.42 (-1.13%)
PACE 5.94 Decreased By ▼ -0.04 (-0.67%)
PAEL 41.20 Increased By ▲ 0.30 (0.73%)
PIAHCLA 16.35 Increased By ▲ 0.03 (0.18%)
PIBTL 9.58 Decreased By ▼ -0.17 (-1.74%)
POWER 11.52 Decreased By ▼ -0.24 (-2.04%)
PPL 178.20 Decreased By ▼ -3.28 (-1.81%)
PRL 33.48 Decreased By ▼ -0.74 (-2.16%)
PTC 22.82 Decreased By ▼ -0.24 (-1.04%)
SEARL 94.45 Decreased By ▼ -1.27 (-1.33%)
SILK 1.18 Increased By ▲ 0.04 (3.51%)
SSGC 34.94 Decreased By ▼ -0.51 (-1.44%)
SYM 15.75 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
TELE 7.79 Decreased By ▼ -0.08 (-1.02%)
TPLP 10.83 Decreased By ▼ -0.15 (-1.37%)
TRG 60.90 Increased By ▲ 0.40 (0.66%)
WAVESAPP 10.70 Decreased By ▼ -0.11 (-1.02%)
WTL 1.33 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-1.48%)
YOUW 3.80 Increased By ▲ 0.03 (0.8%)
BR100 12,019 Decreased By -35.1 (-0.29%)
BR30 36,238 Decreased By -228.7 (-0.63%)
KSE100 113,742 Decreased By -614.2 (-0.54%)
KSE30 35,068 Decreased By -279 (-0.79%)

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Friday expressed its concerns "over the way the operation against the encroachments is being carried out" on the orders of the Supreme Court (SC).

"We have all the respect for the apex judiciary, but the operation against encroachments is so far targeted against one community, and areas dominated by Mohajirs are being chosen for the demolition drive," the leaders of the MQM-P alleged at a press conference here.

They alleged that "the people of Karachi have been pushed up against the wall" and that the anti-encroachment operations underway in what they called "selective" parts of the city raised questions.

Speaking on the occasion, MQM-P convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said it was strange that those very people who had allowed these settlements to grow were now demolishing them.

"First of all those who allowed these encroachments should be arrested," he said.

He demanded constitution of a commission to investigate into occupation of lands in the city.

He said that the MQM-P supported the Chief Justice of Pakistan's orders against encroachments, but the action should be based on justice. Another MQM-P leader, Amir Khan, asked why the authorities were "so much focused on bulldozing the encroachments in Mohajir-dominated areas? Why don't they swing into action against encroachments in Sharae Faisal and Sohrab Goth?"

Wasim Akhtar, former Karachi mayor and senior party leader, said that a conspiracy was at work against the city of the Quaid.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2021

Comments

Comments are closed.