Commercial activities in Karachi were at a standstill on Wednesday after Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain was taken into custody the previous day for interrogation in the UK.
large numbers of MQM workers, Rabita Committee members and members of Sindh and National Assemblies thronged to the sit-in protest at Karachi’s Numaish Chowrangi.
The protest began at 7pm yesterday evening and the protesters continued with their protest this morning. They vowed to continue with the protest unless they heard Hussain’s voice.
MQM workers in other cities of Pakistan also staged protests against the arrest of the MQM chief.
Meanwhile Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI) President Arshad Bukhari said, “the association would review the law and order situation in the city before deciding whether to run public transport services.”
