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.
Family members of missing persons protest outside the Mehfil Shah-i-Khorasan mosque in this file photo. Fahim Siddiqi/White Star
KARACHI: The Joint Action Committee for Shia Missing Persons on Friday ended a sit-in against ‘enforced disappearances’ near mausoleum of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah after 28 days following “successful talks” with representatives of the government and state institutions as “some persons” were released while “assurances” were given for the release of more persons, according to the organizers of the protest.
Speaking at a press conference, religious scholars and relatives of the missing persons said that they held talks with the government and state institutions’ representatives during which deadlock also occurred but at the end “some missing persons were released.”