Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik has said over 70 per cent of the people reported killed in the recent violence in Karachi were in fact murdered by their “wives and girlfriends”. “If it is reported that 100 people are killed in targeted killings, investigations later revealed that only 30 were actual victims while the remaining 70 or more died at the hands of their wives or girlfriends,” Mr Malik said. “They definitely took advantage of the situation and killed them,” said the interior minister.
Daily life in Karachi remained paralysed on Thursday as, after a couple of days’ respite the violence that restarted Wednesday night with killings and arson forced transporters to keep their vehicles off the roads. Businesses also remained closed.
At least 12 people, including a Pakistan Ranger, were killed and 19 hurt in various incidents of firing in the city in reaction to Sindh senior minister Zulfiqar Mirza’s remarks against Muttahida Qaumi Move-ment (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain.
The interior minister apologised to the Urdu-speaking community, saying he was sorry and upset about Mr Mirza’s statement. He added that one should not forget or ignore the sacrifices rendered by the Urdu-speaking community in the making of Pakistan and said that after the passage of 65 years, such hurtful comments were unfair.
JI asks govt to have Malik’s head examined
The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) strongly reacted to the statement of Interior Minister Rehman Malik in which he claimed on Wednesday that of the 100 people killed in Karachi’s violence recently, over 70 were assassinated by their “wives and girl friends” instead of terrorists.
“Rahman Malik’s statement is extremely ridiculous and a manifestation of his mental instability. The government should send its interior minister to any mental diseases’ institute to get him treated,” a JI spokesman said in a statement. The JI spokesman strongly condemned the interior minister’s statement and said Malik always blamed the Taliban for each and every act of terrorism in the country, but he could not see terrorists who were playing with the lives of innocent people in Karachi.
Advising the government to send Malik to a psychiatrist for his treatment, he alleged that government did nothing for the heirs of those killed in the city and, instead, its top minister was ridiculing their irreparable loss, which was extremely condemnable.
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