Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in letter via Indian High Commission Islamabad appealed New Delhi to raise voice for the party’s ‘missing workers’
According to the content of letter, MQM claimed that Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies have detained 12 of its party’s workers on July 29 while en-route to Hyderabad from Karachi.
It further said that eight of the 12 workers were later released; however, the remaining four are still in custody, claiming that they fear for their lives, and that their families are worried about them.
In the letter to Indian High Commissioner TCA Raghavan, MQM appeals Indian High Commission to raise voice for recovery of the detained/missing workers, describing their arrest as ‘violation’ of human rights and constitution of Pakistan.
The letter bears signatures of Arif Khan, Abdul Qadir Khanzada and Shabbir Qaimkhani.
According to the letter, the ‘missing’ workers are Waleed Kamal, Shayan Rehman, Saad Hashmi, and Asad Raza.
MQM’s senior leader Waseem Akhter while talking to local news channel ‘Samaa Tv “MQM writes such letters to all embassies after every atrocity. This letter was not particularly written to the Indian High Commission, but its copies were also dispatched to army chief and Chief Justice of Pakistan,”
