Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) is insisting on registration of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) upon their arrival in Sindh to thwart any attempt by terrorists to disrupt peace, MQM Deputy Parliamentary Leader in National Assembly Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi said on Saturday.
Rizvi said his party apprehended that terrorists could enter the province in the guise of IDPs. He pointed out that only two days back the law enforcers nabbed terrorists from Super Highway with a cache of arms and suicide jackets. A Taliban commander was arrested from an IDP camp last week, he added. "This is why we are calling for registration of the IDPs and this demand should not be dubbed as our resistance to IDPs arrival in Sindh," he remarked.
Rizvi said not only the Sindh government but the Punjab Government also had apprehensions about terrorists sneaking into the province in the guise of IDPs. "Now its time to control the situation and registration of the IDPs is a viable solution to the problem. This would bring credibility to the government process," he added.
He criticised a statement by Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman Sindh and said the JUI-F leader was only targeting the Sindh government and was silent about the Punjab government. The MQM deputy parliamentary leader called for shunning the politics of double standards. Haider Rizvi said that the entire country should welcome the IDPs with open arms if they are registered upon arrival.
Elaborating the MQM Relief Fund initiatives, he said his party had handed over relief goods worth 70 million to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). "Moreover, we have also contributed Rs 3 million for the IDPs and the cheques have been presented to the President, Prime Minister and Speaker National Assembly, separately," he said.