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arrested. As for sporadic acts of terrorism and violence, even countries like
the United States and the United Kingdom, were not free from these, he said.
The PPP had been able to effectively deal with the situation in Karachi
because it was not restrained by any political expediency whereas the PMLled
government had abdicated its role in favour of the MQM.
Mr Sheikh said the administration under the government had been able to
identify and arrest terrorists and those behind incidents of sabotage had now
been exposed. The massacres of Islampura in Lahore and Sheikhupura and
several other similar incidents during Nawaz regime, however, remained
clueless. "Who could forget that Mr Nawaz Sharif had promised that killers of
Islampura would be arrested in 72 hours?" he asked.
The PPP leader said that the opposition parties were in a total disarray and
the PML was no exception. One such example was trading of allegations in
the National Assembly when the question of "fateha" for Dr Najib was raised
by the ANP. "We feel that there is no threat to the government from any
quarters", Senator Rafiq Sheikh said.
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