TO INVOLVE MQM IN THE MURDER OF TAUFEEQ ZAHID IS PART OF THE CRIMINALISATION POLICY--- MQM

Karachi – 24 April 2004
The MQM Coordination Committee condemned the Jamaat-e-Islami for involving the MQM in the murder of Inspector Taufeeq Zahid.  Terming this as part of the criminalisation policy against the MQM with a view to malign its image, the MQM Coordination Committee said that the anti-MQM elements immediately accuse the MQM of every incident in Karachi. They said that murder of any human being is an act, which must be condemned and similarly the murder of Inspector Taufeeq Zahid is deplorable.  However, the heinous efforts of Jamaat-e-Islami of blaming the MQM for this murder are regrettable. They said that if MQM is being accused because of being the majority party of Karachi then PPP must be blamed for every murder in the interior Sindh and similarly MMA and Jamaat-e-Islami are to be held responsible for every murder in NWFP. They said that the reaction of Jamaat-e-Islami on this murder and the hurried visit of the Town Nazim of Jamaat-e-Islami at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital clearly show that the murder of Inspector Taufeeq Zahid was committed by Jamaat-e-Islami and to cover itself, it is conspiring to shift the blame towards the MQM. The MQM Coordination Committee said that it may be recalled that before the Elections 2002, the Haqiqi terrorists with the support of Jamaat-e-Islami murdered the brother of Taufeeq Zahid. The MQM Coordination Committee stated that conspiracy of Jamaat-e-Islami of maligning the MQM will never succeed.  They demanded of the President General Pervez Musharraf to order a high level investigation in the murder of Inspector Taufeeq Zahid and to immediately arrest the terrorists of Jamaat-e-Islami involved in this murder.