Rangers conduct targeted search operation in Azizabad
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March 11, 2015 - Updated 638 PKT
From Web Edition
KARACHI: Rangers forces conducted a targeted search operation early Wednesday morning in areas surrounding Nine Zero — the MQM’s headquarters — near Mukka Chowk in Karachi’s Azizabad area.
Entry and exit routes leading to Mukka Chowk had been sealed off while sources said Rangers personnel had cordoned off a house in the vicinity.
Speaking to Geo News, MQM leader Farooq Sattar said that such an operation at a political party’s head office was “inappropriate and beyond understanding”.
“MQM has itself always maintained its policy of zero tolerance against crime and terrorism, and it has always offered to cooperate,” he said.
Sattar said such actions were “perplexing" and were meant to "push a peaceful political party against the wall”.
Details of the operation details were unclear as a Rangers spokesman could not be reached for the comment.
Media was also restricted to outside Mukka Chowk and was not being allowed inside the area where the operation was being carried out.