The gory murder of a senior lawyer Syed Shakir Ali Rizvi Advocate in Lahore and the bomb blast in Quetta are continuation of terrorism in the motherland - Hamid Moosavi

RAWALPINDI, October 20: The Quaid-i-Millat Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi has strongly condemned the gory murder of a senior lawyer Syed Shakir Ali Rizvi Advocate in Lahore and the boomb blast near the FC van at Badeeni Stop of Saryab Road in Quetta and termed these incidents of terrorism a naked barbarism continuing in the country since Zia era. In a statement issued from the headquarters of the Maktab-e-Tasheyo he announced to observe country-wide ‘Youm-e-Tarheem’ on Saturday to pay homage to Shaheed Shakir Ali Rizvi Advocate and other Shuhada who fell to terrorism. He called upon the people to remain peaceful and avoid jalao-gherao and any provocation. He said Quran Khwani and Majalis-e-Tarheem should be organised for those who fell victim to terrorism without any discrimination, for early recovery of Swat student Malalah Yousufzai, and return of Aafia Siddiqui and raise protest against blasphemous American movie by remaining peaceful.

Agha Moosavi lamented that some foreign States have turned the Pakistan soil into a battlefield for the sake of their benefits, and no field, institution and person of the motherland is safe so much so that security officials, educationists, ulema, doctors, lawyers, traders, industrialists, landlords, and poor fell victim to terrorism. He said more than three dozen terrorist groups are active with new names and main reason behind terrorism and incidents of arson and riot is their participation in political alliances and the media coverage. He said the tragic part of the story is that the government and the opposition parties present the banned groups joining their political alliances as representatives of the Makatib which is highly condemnable.

The Quaid-i-Millat Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi said that repeated appeals were made to the Chief Justice to take suo moto notice of all incidents of terrorism reported from Karachi, Quetta, Lahore and elsewhere, unveil the culprits and give them exemplary punishment. He said the enemy desires not to murder us but Pakistan that is why no day passes without an incident of terrorism. Therefore, he added, all institutions should take decisive steps to root out terrorism while the people are also under the obligation to express their hatred against the banned groups, do not allow them to join their ranks. The media should also avoid giving coverage to the banned groups, he added.