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Curfew in some parts of Karachi : 2 MPAs join rebels
F.P. Bureau RePort
KARACHI, June 19: At least
five persons were killed and several
others injured in early nrorning
clashes between the two
MQM groups following which
curfew has been clamped in different
aleas of the metropolis, In
a related dcvelopnrent, nvo MPAs
of MQM have shil'ted loyalties to
the dissidents camp.
According to reports collected
from all over the ciry, MQlrf dissidents
nroved into different parts
nf Kararhi in a hid to challengc
MQM
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fwo members of the Sindh
Provincial Assern bly were missins.
but he-could nor'iCenrify therfi,
Badar Igbal, a former piouinciii
transport minister, who was expelled
from rhe MeM lasr year,
said by telephone rhat ,,we aie in
full control-of the siruarion and
gratefu.l ro the people for rheir response".
Dissidents have the support of
some sirting members of th'e parw
in the national and provincidl as'-
semblies.
- The founding leader of rhe
MQM, Altaf tlussain, who ei.
pelied Iqbal and others, is currently
in London, reportedly for
medical trearnrenr.
Meanwhjle, rhe MeM's ruling
faction ^ asked irs supporters ro
come out and resist the dissidents.
I As troops rro()Ps and paramilitarv
^s
ano pararulttary
I rangers renrained on'alen. alen, borfi borh
I main.M.QM facrions respondcd ro
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the clashes by_closing irdn garcs at
. key poinLs, cffectivclv seaiinp oif
. I various ncighbourho6Cs Oiilcjals
rd
oust thern if possible. Five deaths
have so far been confirnred, but
some reports suggest a much
higher death toll.
Soon after the attack, which
came in all parts of the ciry at
about 06:30 am, the affected areas
resounded, with automatic gunfire
and annpuncentents were nrade
fronr nrrisque loudspeakcrs that
'Ghaddars'had entcrcd the area'
with agerrcies' support fti;
destruction, and should be shot at
sight. -The unit and sector workers of
rhe MQM erected road-blocks to
check nrovement inside rhe af"
fected areas and there was an atmosphere
of siege, All the affected
areas were cordoned off by
Lhe larv-enforcing agencies in-
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cluding rangers, the police and
army personnel, Movements in
and out of these areas were completely
blocked,
Towards early wening, dissident
leadcr Aamir Khan held his
first evcr open press conference in
Liaquatabad-4, in which two
MQM MPAs also participated.
One of them, Ahmed Salinr Siddiqui,
is MQM's parliamentary
Ieader in Sindh Assembly and
holds the important party office of
deouN seiretaw ' information,
nilnred Salim Siddiqui won his
seat from PS-80, Liaquatabad.
The other MPA, also representing
Liaquatabad's PS-79, who
porricipated in the press confer'
ence, was Mohammad Abid, Abid
said he had left MQM because it
had started erploirinq t-he Moha.
jirs lor the beirefit offiraf Uus-,
sain, Salint Siddiqui, horvever, was
in lou, spirits, He did nor speak on
the occasion.
by MQM dissident activists.
Curfew impose: According to
APP curfew was .imposed in the
jurisdiction of six police stations
ih district east witli effect from 5
p.m. on Friday.
The police stations are:
Brigade, 'Shah Faisal Colony,
Model Colony, Malir Extension,
Malir Colony and Landhi Sectors
37 and 6, it was officially announced.
According to Abbasi Shaheed
Hospital sources 13, cases of firearnr
injuries were brought from
Liaquatabad, Jacob Lines, Lines
area, and Jamshed quarter for
treatment. Three of them Kashif,
Shahid and Munir succumbed to
injuries, doctors said. Nine are
still under treatment at the hosp!
tal. Injured are still pouring in.
Edhi sources claimed that two
unknown persons were shot dead
this morning and five injured in
Landhi and Korangi.
Thcy said the injured were sent
to Jinnah Hospital for treatment.
Meanwlrile, informed sources
said some persons have been
rounded up in this connection.
AFP adds: Troops and
oaramilitarv rancers cordoned off
i:arts of Kirractri on Friday after
tension within an ethnic party
suddenly turncd violcnt, leaving
swerol dead and injurcd.
Ambulancc sourccs said thc
casualties camc whcn dissident activists
of the Mohajir Quami
Movernent (MOM) forcibly took
over I party office. Sporadic firing
began in the Landhi and Malrr
areas in the industrial eastern district
where the MQM dissidents
moved against the office.
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