Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) members of the National Assembly on Monday staged a protest walkout from the House against the Rangers' raid in the area of MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar and arrest of two persons from there. Speaking on a point of order, MQM MNA Rashid Godil said: "At 3:00am on Monday some 80 to 90 Rangers personnel came in different vehicles and surrounded the locality wherein Dr Farooq Sattar is residing. They conducted search operation and arrested two innocent children who were implicated in criminal cases."
He added that all this was being done because MQM had raised the issue of water. He demanded immediate arrest of those involved in the raid and announced to walk out of the House in protest against the incident. Minority member Lal Chand drew attention of the House towards killing of Hindus in Sindh, saying that two of his relatives were killed brutally on July 31 and police was not co-operating with the victims' family.
The incident, he added, took place in Umar Kot town. He said that minorities were feeling insecure in the province due to increasing incidents of kidnapping for ransom. PTI MNA Shireen Mazari complained that she had received threats of house arrest over phone. She claimed that PTI workers across the country were also receiving similar threatening phone calls.
Speaking on a point of order, MQM member Asif Hasnain said that the prevailing circumstances indicated the situation was getting out of government's control and the country was heading towards anarchy. He said that invoking Article 245 and passage of Pakistan Protection Ordinance were indications of government's weakness. Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz told the house that Pakistan Embassy in Libya was making efforts to get the stranded Pakistanis out of Libya through Tunis and Turkey. He added that the government was also in touch with Iranian authorities for the release of Pakistanis languishing in various jails there.
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