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May 12 tragedy remembered on 14th anniversary
The workers of Pakistan Peoples Party sacrificed their lives in the struggle for an independence judiciary
Senator Saeed Ghani. PHOTO: ONLINE
KARACHI:
Remembering the May 12 carnage, Sindh Education and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani said on Wednesday that May 12, 2007, was the darkest day in Pakistan s history when state-sponsored terrorism was carried out and police and law enforcement agencies officials were taken hostage by terrorists.
He said that this day will always be remembered for the sacrifices made for the independence of judiciary and democracy. The supporters of democracy were massacred by terrorists as per the will of a dictator, Parvez Musharraf, who later claimed it to be an exhibition of power by the public, said Ghani.
ANP not to hold events to remember May 12 victims
Karachi
May 11, 2021
Due to an increasing number of Covid-19 cases, the Awami National Party’s Sindh chapter has announced it will not hold any event this year in memory of those who were killed in the violence on May 12, 2007.
That day, the fighting began when then deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhamamd Chaudhry arrived at the Karachi airport. About 50 people were killed in different parts of the city. ANP Sindh chief Shahi Syed said that the sacrifices rendered by the ANP for the restoration of the judiciary on May 12 could not be forgotten.
Karachi
April 25, 2021
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) central leader Maryam Nawaz cancelled her planned visit to Karachi to join the NA-249 by-poll campaign due to surging coronavirus cases in the country.
This was stated by Miftah Ismail, the party’s Sindh secretary-general and by-poll candidate, as he addressed a press conference at the Karach Press Club on Saturday. He was accompanied by Awami National Party Sindh chief Shahi Syed and PML-N Sindh chief Shah Muhammad Shah.
Ismail said thousands of people were expected to attend Maryam’s rally that was scheduled for Saturday night but it was cancelled due to the worsening
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