DR IMRAN FAROOQ APPEALS TO UN SECRETARY GENERAL TO IMPRESS UPON THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND ILLEGAL MILITARY GOVERNMENT TO PUT AN END TO THE APPALLING STATE MISBEHAVIOUR AGAINST THE INNOCENT CITIZENS OF SINDH PROVINCE, SOUTHERN PAKISTAN

London – 26 May 2001
Dr Imran Farooq, the Convenor of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), has appealed to the UN Secretary General to immediately impress upon the unconstitutional and illegal Military Government of Pakistan to put an end to the appalling State misbehaviour against the innocent citizens of Sindh Province, southern Pakistan.  In a formal letter to Mr Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary General, Dr Imran Farooq brought his attention towards the continued acts of atrocities and the violations of human rights committed by the law enforcement agencies in Sindh, southern province of Pakistan.

Citing the recent tragic incident of the brutal extra-judicial murder of three innocent citizens of the Sher Tribe from interior Sindh, Dr Imran Farooq wrote, “most recently, on 15 April 2001, a team of police officials imported from Punjab, carried out one of the most ruthless extra-judicial murder of three innocent citizens of Pakistan, belonging to the Sher Tribe in the interior Sindh.  The personnel of Ubaro Police Station of District Ghotki arrested the three innocent victims Sumar son of Kabeer – age 28, Sohrab son of Kadir Bukhsh – age 40 and Ali Mohammad – age 28.  They were thrown into the police mobile and taken three kilometres away from the village, where they were brutally tortured and ordered to run.  When these innocent citizens started to run, the imported Police personnel from Punjab opened indiscriminate fire upon them from a distance of twenty to thirty feet.  The person responsible for this heinous crime is the Station House Officer (SHO) of Ubaro Police Station Feroze Anjum, acting under the instructions and supervision of the infamous former Corps Commander Sindh Retd Major General Naseer Akhtar and Additional SHO Azhar Kalachi of Ubaro.  Three police officers who came from District Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab to take part in this murder are: SHO Akhtar Abbas of Sabzal, SHO Mohammad Ayub of Machhka and SHO Rana Kaleem Ullah of Bhung.”

Dr  Imran Farooq further stated that the most appalling fact is the involvement of police officers from Punjab.  The citizens of the province of Sindh have been protesting over this ruthless murder and have been demanding for the arrest and trial of the police officials involved in this heinous crime.  However, the present Military Government has paid no attention to their peaceful protests and appeals.