Martyr Abdul Haque Mirani
He was one of the JSQM workers who was brutally murdered by the Police
and Paramilitary Rangers on 9 June 2001, only for participating in
a peaceful sit-in protest demonstration of JSQM and MQM demanding for water

Pakistani rights group flays killings of water protesters

Two innocent citizens murdered by the Members of so-called jihadi and religious organisations on the instructions of intelligence agencies in Karachi, Pakistan

Karachi

13 June 2001
Pakistan Time 10.40 am
Complete shutterdown in Larkana, Matli, Badin, Talhar, Tando Bago, Rato Dero, Shedadpur, Qanbar Ali Khan, Dadu, Meher, Naseerabad, Thatta, Mirpurkhas, Kot Ghulam Mohammad, Nau-Kot, Tando Mohammad Khan, Hosri, and all the adjacent towns.

Pakistan Time 10.30 am
According to recent information, complete and total strike is being observed peacefully throughout the province of Sindh. All the businesses have remained voluntarily shut to support the peaceful strike call of MQM and JSQM. No vehicular traffic could be seen on the roads. Strike was not only observed peacefully in the major urban cities such Karachi, Hyderabad, Nawabshah, Mirpurkas, Sukkur, Sanghar, Larkana etc., but also even the small towns and villages of the province of Sindh fully participated in the strike call and voluntarily kept their businesses closed. Several hundred workers of MQM and JSQM have been arrested so far. The illegal raids and arrests are still continuing.

Shops in Hyderabad city are closed and no traffic on the street

Pakistan Time 10.05 am
The personnel of Nazimabad Police Station, C.I.A Police and Rangers (Para-Military Force) raided the house of Qazi Khalid Advocate, member of MQM Co-ordination Committee, at Nazimabad, Karachi. In his absence they ransacked the house and misbehaved with his family members. Qazi Khalid Advocate is a Ex-minister of Education for Province of Sindh, Pakistan.

Pakistan Time 04.55 am
A raid was conducted at the residence of Mr Farooq, a worker of MQM Labour Division. It is pertinent to note that his house is only one lane away from Nine Zero, the MQM Head Office in Azizabad, Karachi. Farooq was arrested and subjected to torture.

Pakistan Time 04.45 am
The personnel of Azizabad Police Station and C.I.A Police raided the house of Mohammad Farooq at House No. 431, Bl. No. 8, Azizabad, Federal B Area, Karachi and arrested him. Mohammad Farooq is a worker of MQM Labour Division, MCB Unit. He is being detained at unknown destination.

Pakistan Time 02.55 am
The personnel of Azizabad Police Station raided the house of Imran Nazir and arrested him. Imran Nazir is a worker of MQM Federal B Area Sector, Karachi. He is being detained at Azizabad Police Station. He is being subjected brutal tortured.

Pakistan Time 02.45 am
In Hyderabad, the personnel of Police and Paramilitary Rangers raided the residence of Naimat Ullah, Member of MQM Sector Committee. In his absence they ransacked his residence and tortured the family members.

Pakistan Time 02.15 am
The Police and Paramilitary Rangers raided the residence of Asif, an MQM worker of Unit 166, in Liaquatabad, Karachi, and arrested him. In another incident, the Police and Paramilitary Rangers raided the residence of Imran Nazeer, a worker of MQM Azizabad Unit, and arrested him. Asif has been taken to the Sharifabad Police Station, whereas the whereabouts of Imran Nazeer is not known. Furthermore, several houses of MQM workers and supporters in Unit 166 have been raided.

Pakistan Time 00.20 am
It has been reported from Sukkur that the heavy contingents of Police and Paramilitary Rangers raided the residence of Mr Zafar, the Incharge of MQM Sukkur Zone. In his absence the raiding party ransacked the house and arrested his elder brother Ghulam Dastageer. He was immediately subjected to torture and taken to the Rohri Police Station.

Pakistan Time 00.15 am
It has been reported the personnel of Police and Paramilitary Rangers have threatened the shopkeepers throughout Karachi, particularly in the shopping market areas, to keep their shops till late night and also to make sure that their shops remain open tomorrow.

12 June 2001
Pakistan Time: 12 pm
The Personnel of Police and Paramilitary Rangers have conducted numerous unlawful and illegal raids upon the residences of MQM and JSQM leaders, workers and supporters througout Sindh. In Gulshan-e-Iqbal, they raided the residence of MQM Member of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Sector Committee Rehan Raees and arrested him. He was immediately subjected to torture. In Orangi Town they raided the residence of MQM worker Zaheer Uddin Babar and arrested him. Another MQM worker Afzal Khan was also arrested from his house during such unlawful raid. In Korangi, heavy contingent of Police and Paramilitary Rangers raided the residence of MQM worker Laeeq of Unit 72 and arrested him. He was immediately subjected to torture. Several other homes of MQM office bearers and workers were also raided.

In Hyderabad, the Police and Paramilitary Rangers raided the residence of Sector Incharge Shahid Ajmeri. In his absence they ransacked the house and tortured his family members. They also raided the residence of Sohail, MQM worker of Unit 13, Sector-D, and arrested him. The Police and Paramilitary Rangers raided the residence of Mohammad Shareef, Member of Hyderabad Zonal Committee. In his absence they arrested his younger brother and have taken him to unkown destination. From Peerabad, they arrested an MQM worker Ilyas and raided the residence of Kamran Khanzada, Member of MQM Sector Committee in Lateefabad 9, Hyderabad.

In Sukkur and Rohri, the Police and Paramilitary Rangers raided the residences of many MQM workers and supporters and have made numerous arrests. It is reported that in the absence of MQM workers, the raiding parties have arrested the family members.

Pakistan Time 12.00 noon
The personnel of Ferozabad Police Station and Para-Military Rangers raided the house of Waseem Akhtar, Former Minister of Housing and Town Planning of Sindh province. In his absence they ransacked the house and misbehaved with his family members.

Pakistan Time: 10.30 pm
Two innocent citizens murdered by the Members of so-called jihadi and religious organisations on the instructions of intelligence agencies in Karachi, Pakistan
The intelligence agencies of Pakistan have now started to use the members of so-called jihadi and religious organisations for killing innocent people in Karachi for the purpose of portraying the peaceful strike as “violent”.  They want to mislead and misguide the international community and the members of the diplomatic corps in Pakistan that the strike was not peaceful.

According to recent reports received from Karachi, long-bearded persons travelling in an open van, opened indiscriminate and direct fire upon innocent people at the Godhra Camp in New Karachi resulting in the death of two.