KARACHI: A complete shutter down strike and a day of mourning are being observed across Sindh on Wednesday on MQM appeal after a blast that ripped through an election camp of the MQM in Karachi on Tuesday night, leaving at least two people dead and 18 others injured.
Soon after the attack, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain directed leaders of his party to shut all election offices in view of threats of more terrorist attacks and announced a day of mourning across Sindh on Wednesday.
“In these conditions how can people dare step out of their homes to cast vote,” he asked.
While the MQM’s Coordination Committee urged upon the traders, transporters and people at large to keep the businesses of life at standstill today (Wednesday), saying that the nation stands united vis-à-vis the terrorists.
A group of political workers were standing outside the MQM election office when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in the crowd,” SSP district central Amir Farooqui, said, adding: “We have found marks of ball bearings at the scene which suggest that they were packed in the explosives.”
The blast near the People’s Chowrangi in North Nazimabad caused panic and shattered windows of nearby apartment buildings.
SSP Imran Shaukat addressed media personnel and confirmed the two fatalities.
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