Sattar stresses for national policy on counter terrorism

KARACHI: Deputy Convener MQM, Dr Farooq Sattar has said that the MNAs and MPAs are not safe in this country let alone the common people, stressing formation of a counter terrorism policy at national level to put an end to the scourge of terrorism.
Talking to mediamen after the Soyem of the slain MQM, MPA, Manzar Imam, he said that extremism and terrorism could only be curbed through the collaboration of political and religious parties at government level.
He was of the view that countering terrorism was a challenge that the ongoing political activities and the upcoming elections face.
He also said that Manzar Imam was a senior worker of the party and demanded of the Prime Minister that the killers of the provincial assembly member and other workers of MQM should be arrested immediately.
The Quran Khwani of Manzar Imam was attended by a huge number of people including leader of the PML(Q) Haleem Adil Shaikh, MQM’s Rabta committee, and other members of the party.