Various Shia groups in Karachi on Friday voiced their anguish at the deadly suicide attack on a mosque in Peshawar, in which 57 people died and almost 200 others were wounded.The Shia Ulema Council.
Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that the stance of Pakistan Peoples Party on the issue of missing persons was very clear. DawnNewsTV/File
KARACHI: Information and Religious Affairs Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah late on Saturday night visited the protesters holding a sit-in in front of the Quaid-i-Azam mausoleum for the safe recovery of “missing” persons. He expressed solidarity with the members the aggrieved families.
The minister also spoke to Allama Ahmad Iqbal Rizvi, Allama Haider Abbas, Allama Mubashir Hassan, Nasir Hussain Shirazi, Allama Sadiq Jafari and Allama Aqeel Moosa and other leaders of the Joint Action Committee at the sit-in venue.
Karachi
April 10, 2021
The Pakistan Peoples Party has sought support from the Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen for a by-election in Karachi’s National Assembly constituency NA-249, said a press release issued by the MWM on Friday.
In this connection, PPP leaders Waqar Mehdi and Qadir Khan Mandokhel visited the MWM office, where they called on Allama Sadiq Jafari, Allama Mubashir Hassan, Maulana Ali Anwar Jafari and Mir Taqi Zafar.
Mehdi said that the PDM was not an electoral alliance; therefore, PPP candidate Qadir Khan Mandokhel was contesting the by- election. He said that former MNA from NA-249 Faisal Vawda had not spent funds for the betterment of the constituency. He said people should hold him accountable “for the millions of rupees he got but not spent for the purpose”.
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Political parties slam Indian atrocities, demand concrete action
Karachi
February 6, 2021
Participants of rallies and demonstrations held in Karachi to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day on Friday renewed their pledge to continue full moral support for the people of Kashmir who, they said, had been fighting for their independence from India.
They said that the Kashmiris were going through the worst form of aggression at the hands of the Indian forces in the held Kashmir.
A number of religious and political parties, civil society organisations, and residentsâ groups had organised rallies and various other programmes to express solidarity with their Kashmiri brethren.