Law enforcing agencies have failed to prevent violence in Karachi : Chairman Imran Khan

 By Arsalan T. Ghumman

Chairman Imran Khan has strongly condemned the murders of the two Mukhtar brothers in Karachi who were active MQM party workers. The chairman has offered condolences to the family members of the deceased. He has expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi as well as in the other major cities of the Sindh province. There are reports of eight people having been killed in the violence while more than thirty vehicles have been torched. The chairman has strongly condemned the damage to public life and property.

Chairman Imran Khan has stated that the law enforcing agencies have failed to

prevent violence and damage to both public and private property in the Karachi riots which has disrupted life in the city. Incidents of firing have been reported across various cities all over the province including Sukkur, Hyderabad, Nawabshah and Mirpurkhas. Karachi University has announced postponement of all examinations scheduled for today. Routine economic activity has been disrupted as the shops were forced to close down following the firing in several residential and commercial areas of Karachi

The Chairman has asked the people of Karachi to remain calm and restore peace in the financial hub of the country. Acts of violence will only cause further damage to the public and is not a solution to the underlying problem. Chairman PTI has asked the law and order enforcing agencies to control the situation and restore normal life in the province. PTI stands for peaceful political coexistence of all political and democratic stakeholders in the country and appeals to the different party workers to shun politics of violence and revenge and to maintain the balance of peace and harmony in the city.