Shia leaders, religious scholars and notables at a conference expressed disappointment over the discriminatory policy of some state institutions towards Shia citizens of Pakistan and demanded end to that policy.
They expressed their views at an All Shia Parties Conference held in Karachi under the aegis of Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen Karachi chapter.
MWM’s Allama Syed Ahmed Iqbal Rizvi, former Senator and Jafaria Alliance head Allama Abbas Kumaili, Majlis Ulema-e- Shia Pakistan head Allama Mirza Yousuf Hussain, Haiyat-e-Aimma Masajid wa Ulma-e-Imamia Pakistan leader Allama Baqir Abbas Zaidi, Majlis-e-Zakireen Imamia president Allama Nisar Qalandari, Imamia Organisation Karachi region president Syed Ziaul Hassan, Markazi Tanzeem-e-Azadari leader Ali Raza Rizvi and MWM’s Allama Sadiq Jafari, Allama Ali Anwar, Allama Mubashir Hassan, Mir Taqi Zafar, Ahsan Abbas and other eminent figures attended the conference.
They condemned the continuous targeted murders of prominent Shia notables and termed it a plot aimed at destroying peace in Karachi. They said that first Syed Ali Raza Abidi was assassinated, after that father of an ISO office bearer and recently Mohammad Ali Shah were made targets.
They expressed dismay that no killer has been arrested so far. The Shia leaders expressed dissatisfaction over some policies being pursued by the state institutions. In particular, they lamented that terrorists were freed because of weak prosecution in the cases of Shia killings. They also denounced the enforced disappearance of many innocent Shia Muslims. They condemned the targeted murders of Shia Muslims.
All Shia Parties Conference demanded that discriminatory policy towards Shia Muslims of Pakistan must be rescinded and justice be done to them. The moot demanded that killers of Shia Muslims be arrested and be hanged to discourage terrorists from continuing the genocide against Shiites. It demanded that such cases be referred to military courts.
It demanded immediate release of those subjected to enforced disappearance without delay.
The huddle also demanded that restrictions on azadari rituals must be nullified forthwith. It stated that National Action Plan should be enforced in letter and spirit and this plan must not be diverted to patriot peace-loving citizens and it must be applied on terrorists specifically. It demanded that the fourth schedule law should also be applied on terrorists and their facilitators particularly on banned outfits and not on innocent law-abiding Shia leaders, scholars and notables.
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