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KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) endorsed a decision of the Ulema Committee to observe a countrywide strike called after the passage of deadline given for the arrest of the killers of Maulana Adil on October 16.
According to details, Karachi Ulema Committee members met the leaders of political, religious and social organizations of the metropolis. A delegation comprising Maulana Iqbalullah, Maulana Taj Muhammad Hanafi, Hafiz Ahmad Ali and Maulana Hammadullah arrived at the MQM Pakistan headquarters.
After a detailed meeting with MQM leader Aamir Khan, the political party announced its full support for the strike announced on Friday, October 16. Meanwhile, Sindh Traders Alliance President Jameel Paracha has announced that they will keep businesses shut across the province to support the Ulema Committee’s strike.
On the other hand, the Sindh government has appealed to the Ulema Committee to withdraw its call for a strike. Provincial government’s spokesperson Murtaza Wahab said that the strike was not a solution to any problem.
The Sindh police had constituted a high-level four-member team to probe the killing of the religious cleric and his driver. Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon has been made the head of the investigating team.
Qari Allahdad, the committee’s coordinator said that they had given the government 48 hours to arrest the murderers of Maulana Adil but received no response from it.