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Sherry said their (MQM's) blatant lies and
twisting of truth stand exposed by a simple
question: "If the MQM did not ambush our
rally at COD crossing, then what were their
boys doing there supposedly getting attacked
by us? What were the MQM boys doing in the
vicinity where there was nobody except PPP
and ANP activists? Was I, or the PPP,
supposed to be firing at our own rally?"
She said the footage broadcast by independent
television channels exposed the claim of the
MQM that the party had not ambushed the
peaceful PPP rally in front of COD bridge on
Sharae Faisal.
"They (MQM) said they did not have their
militants waiting for us on the COD flyover,
who started firing and throwing rocks at our
stationary and defence-less rally on that
killer crossing. It took over two hours for
us to reverse such a huge number of cars,
buses, jeeps and motorcycles.
Can they deny what independent reporters say
about their ambushes? At the Kamran Khan
Show, the Geo TV reporters openly stated that
the MQM activists had taken positions at key
points on all overhead bridges leading to the
airport, except Karsaz," she added.
Rehman said that "The MQM alleged that we
attacked them from a rally going to receive
the chief justice from Karachi airport. Why
then did we have to appeal for an ambulance
through a private channel? Why did they even
fire on our cars at Baloch colony again while
we were taking the injured to Jinnah
Hospital?"
She asked, "Why did they shoot the Edhi
ambulance driver Faizur Rehman who was coming
to our rescue? Can they deny that they had
not pre-planned to punish peaceful
pro-democratic forces that did not cower at
their announcement made on May 10 in
Islamabad via MNA Nawab Mirza, who had said,
on the record, that 'no one will be allowed
to do anything in Karachi, as the city
belongs to us'?"
Rehman further said that, "Can they deny that
when the CJ announced his visit, they also
said they would challenge it whenever he
planned to visit Karachi?
They have changed their tone now after
earning condemnation from the entire nation
for their terrorist tactics. Can they deny
that they had disarmed the police and other
security personnel deliberately on 'Black
Saturday'?"
She asked whether the MQM could deny that the
chief secretary had also advised them, on the
record, not to plan such an operation for a
simple political rally.
"On the other hand, Brigadier Mohtaram had
openly rejected, on the record, the chief
secretary's advice, calling it Durrani's,
implying that, instead of the chief
secretary, he was controlling the city, she
added.
Rehman pointed out that Ghulam Mohtaram, a
Grade-19 officer, also acknowledged that
there were armed ambushes at 16 different
places in the city. She asked, "Who made
those ambushes while the police were told to
sleep?"
The PPP MNA said that the MQM had stated on
May 13 that none of the PPP central leaders
were present in Karachi on May 12. "Then how
are they showing Sherry Rehman and Naveed
Qamar, while MNAs Khurshid Shah, Manzur
Wasan, Naheed Khan, Yusuf Talpur, Fehmida
Mirza, Azra Fazl, Shamshad Bachani and Fauzia
Wahab were also present in the rally, as were
opposition leader in the Senate Raza Rabbani
and Safdar Abbasi, besides Qaim Ali Shah and
Nisar Khoro.
"They (MQM) have a habit of killing other
people and then claiming the bodies as their
own. The families of innocent young people
were not even allowed to mourn their dead as
their bodies were not allowed to be shifted
to their homes, or given burials in their own
graveyards," she said, adding, "Shakilur
Rehman is one such poor victim whose story is
covered extensively in the local press, yet
he is claimed by the MQM as their man."
Sherry asked: "Could they (MQM) deny the
six-hour ambush and target firing at innocent
Aaj TV staffers? Why is there no answer as to
why a city government car was off-loading
prohibited bore weapons outside the Aaj TV
building?"
She claimed that one black 'Corolla' and a
black 'Liyana' car, both bearing CDGK number
plates, were ferrying weapons to the
assailants outside the private television
channel's offices.
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