11 March 2004

Mr Koofi Annan
Secretary General
United Nations
UN Plaza
New York NY 10017
USA

Dear Secretary General

PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY (PPP) WAGE TERROR CAMPAIGN IN KARACHI

On 25^th. February 2004, callous and brutal murders of 6 years old Sassi Barejo daughter of Mr Gul Sher and 8 years old Hajira daughter of Mr Bashir Ahmed were committed by the Police on behest of the local feudal lords, a number of policemen were charged and arrested for inhumanly gang-raping and murdering the innocent little girls after abduction. The arrested policemen were under pressure to name the feudal lords sanctioned the abduction and murder of the innocent girls. The families of the murdered girls are indigenous Sindhi and supporters of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) belonging to the oppressed proletariat segments of rural Sindh. 

Following the above brutal and callous murders of unknown assailants on 6th March 2004 murdered Mr Abdullah Murad, a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh belonging to the PPP and a local Feudal Chieftain. Immediately after the regrettable and tragic murder of Mr Murad, the PPP leadership including Ms. Benazir Bhutto made reckless insinuations against the MQM suggesting that one of the parties in the coalition is responsible for the murder of Mr Murad. The chronological steps taken and statements made by the PPP leaderships and terrorists manifests that probably they were aware of the murder. This murder may have been committed to save the identity of the real killers being unfolded during the investigation of the grotesque murders of innocent little Sassi and Hajira.

Ever since the murder of Mr Murad, Karachi has been drenched into blood as a result of the terror campaign unleashed by the gun-tottering terrorists of the Pakistan Peoples Party.

We appeal to you to take a note of the terrorism of the Pakistan Peoples Party and take proactive steps to stem this violence, which has been launched deliberately to start ethnic violence in Sindh province and widen the gulf between Sindhis and Mohajirs in Sindh that persisted for decades. It is pertinent to mention that MQM is trying tirelessly and successfully to bridge the gulf created between Urdu-speaking Sindhis and Sindhi-speaking Sindhis by the agencies and its co-opted political parties.

The chronology of the terrorism committed by the workers of the PPP is enclosed herewith.

Yours sincerely

M. Anwar
Member, Central Co-ordination Committee and Senior Co-ordinator, International Relations and Human Rights Divisions.

Details of Terrorism unleashed by the PPP are as follows:

10 March 2004
Terrorists’ of the PPP shot MQM worker Adnan Siddiqui of Unit 31, Lyari Sector in Ramswami Area of Karachi from point blank range wounding him critically. Mr Adnan Siddqui went to buy his breakfast when the terrorists forcing the shopkeepers to close their shops to comply with their strike call shot at Mr Adnan Siddiqui.

Adnan Siddiqui s/o Zulfiquar Siddiqui, 20 years and a resident of 72-S, Bani Compound, Islampura, Ramswami, Karachi. 

The terrorists’ injured a by passer as a result of their indiscriminate sniper firing.

The terrorists’ intimidated the people in Chakiwara, Miran Naka, Ranchore Lines, Purana Golimar, Sher Shah Colony through indiscriminate firing, burned tyres and cars on the streets and plundered the shops to forcibly comply with the strike call made by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

9 March 2004 
Mohammad Farid Qureshi s/o Haji Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, 30 years, Married and a resident of Flat No.65, Mill Wala Market, Meetha Dar, Karachi.

Mohammad Farid Qureshi, Unit In-charge of MQM Unit 21, Ranchore Line was returning home along with his friend Mohammad Salim after having dinner. When they reached near Denso Hall on M.A. Jinnah Road, 4 terrorists riding on motorcycles opened fired at them from close range as a result Mohammad Farid Qureshi died on the spot while Salim was critically wounded and rushed to hospital. A FIR (First Information Report) was registered with the Kharadar Police Station, Karachi. The No. of the FIR is 42/2004 u/s 302-334/34.

Mr Farid Qureshi left behind a wife, one month old baby, parents, 5 sisters and 5 brothers.

8 March 2004
Rafiq Ahmed Baloch, Member MQM Elders Wing, Unit 95, Malir, Karachi s/o Maula Buksh, 60 years, married and a resident of D-16, Daud Goth, Malir

Rafiq Ahmed Baloch went to buy milk when the terrorists’ of the PPP opened indiscriminate fire from their automatic weapons at hem from point blank range. He was rushed to Jinnah Hospital in a critical condition where he succumbed to death next morning, the 9 March 2004. A FIR (First Information Report) has been registered with Saudabad Police Station, Karachi.

He left behind a widow, five sons and 3 daughters.

The terrorists’ of the Pakistan Peoples Party harassed the people of different areas of Karachi by indiscriminate firing. The areas affected were; Khokrapar, Liaquat Market in Malir, Al-Falah Society, Memon Goth, Dhani Buksh Goth, Sajjal Goth, Safura Goth, Rerhi Goth, Darsanu Channu, Dar Mohammad Village and Ibrahim Hyderi where they also ransacked looted houses and shops.

Similarly, Dr Farooq Sattar, Parliamentary Leader of the MQM in the National Assembly received constant death threats over his mobile phone made by the terrorists’ of the PPP. Furthermore, MQM Parliamentarians, leaders and workers continually received death threats over their cellular phones made by the PPP terrorists’.

7 March 2004 
Nasir Ali s/o Mohammad Ali, 20 years, worker of MQM Unit 32, Lyari Sector and a resident of Abbas Manzil opposite Police Picket Faqir Mohammad Dra Khan Road, Dhobi Ghat, Usmanabad, Karachi

Noor Mohammad s/o Musafat Khan, resident of Dhobi Ghat, Usmanabad, Karachi and a supporter of the MQM. FIR Registered with Klakot Police Station. FIR No. 47/2004 under section 302-324

The PPP terrorists opened fired and murdered a 20 year old MQM worker Nasir Ali and a supporter Noor Mohammad in Lyari.  Nasir Ali son of Mohammad Ali and Noor Mohammad son of Musafat were on their home street when armed terrorists riding on motorcycles opened indiscriminate fire upon them and as a result they died on the spot.  Prior to this incident, the PPP terrorists had been threatening the area shopkeepers to shut down their businesses.

6 March 2004 
The terrorists’ of the PPP mobbed the house and the restaurant of Mr Ameer Hussain Lakhiari, the MQM candidate from NA-258 for the National Assembly in the General Elections of October 2002. They pelted his house and restaurant with stones for several hours and indiscriminately fired with their automatic weapons mainly AK-47 and G3 Rifles. They forcibly entered his restaurant, ransacked and looted it.

The gun-trotting terrorists indiscriminately fired at the vehicle of “Ahmed Garments” and seriously wounded three women; Mrs. Shakila wife of Mr Kamaluddin, Rukhsana and Rehana. Mrs. Shakila is the sister of MQM Labour Division worker Ehtesham. The address of Mrs. Shakila is L/2425, A1 Area, Malir, Karachi. Rukhsana suffered a bullet wound on her cheeks and she is a resident of Landhi, Karachi while Rehana is from Korangi, Karachi.

Terrorists’ of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) violently firing with their automatic weapons forcibly entered into Khan Laboratory, City Hospital, Naeem Hospital, Hassan Hospital and Atia Hospital in Kalaboard Area in Malir, Karachi. They ransacked and looted these hospitals. They also attacked, ransacked and looted Vision School.

The terrorists’ burnt down 4 vehicles of Pakistan State Oil Co. (PSO) in Malir, Karachi.

The terrorists’ looted and burnt down the shop of MQM worker Qasim s/o Parvez Akhter of unit 94 of Malir Sector in the Meat Market, Muslimabad, Malir City, Karachi.

The terrorists’ looted and burnt down a bakery owned by Abdur Rauf s/o Abdul Kalam in Bakra Piri, Memon Goth, Karachi and also plundered a PCO (Public Call Office) of an MQM worker Amir of Unit 102, Malir Sector in Kalaboard Area in Malir, Karachi.

The terrorists’ indiscriminately and intensely fired at the Medical Store of the Sector-in-Charge of the MQM of Old Lyari, Chakiwara and also on the adjacent Nasir Clinic. Similarly, in the same area the terrorists’ intensely fired at the flats of the MQM workers of Lyari (Karachi) namely; Amir Hoot, MQM Sector Member of Lyari and Mohammad Tariq Rahmani, Shahjahan and Abdur Rauf, workers of the MQM. The terrorists’ forcibly entered into the flats of the above-mentioned MQM Sector Member and workers, ransacked and looted the flats as the residents had fled because of intense firing. They also tried to set Khursheed Begum Welfare Dispensary ablaze in the same area. The addresses of the above-mentioned names are as follows: Haji Mohammad Ismail, Panjgor Building, Shop No.2, Chakiwara No.2, opposite Shahid-e-Millat Hotel, Sher Shah Road, Lyari, Karachi. Amir Hoot, Plot. No. K-86517, Hoot Mansion, opposite Lyari Town Office, Chakiwara, Karachi. Tariq Rahmani, Flat No.3, Sanjarani Manzil, Chakiwara Road, Lyari, Karachi.     

The terrorists’ also fired at the MQM Election Office, situated at is Plot. No. AK-11/15-751-1, adjacent to Sanjarani Manzil, Chakiwara, Lyari Karachi.