KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Chief, Monem Zafar on Monday alleged that police used “expired” tear-gas shells during a crackdown on a peaceful protest outside the Sindh Assembly, calling the action a heavy-handed and undemocratic response by the provincial government.
He made the remarks while chairing a meeting of district-level party leaders at Idara Noor-e-Haq, the JI Karachi headquarters.
According to the party, the meeting strongly condemned police baton charges, arrests, and extensive tear-gas shelling against protesters who had gathered to demand resolution of Karachi’s civic issues and the establishment of an empowered local government.
The meeting described the operation as anti-Karachi and undemocratic, and demanded the immediate release of 30 arrested party workers, withdrawal of terrorism charges, and medical care for the injured.
The gathering reaffirmed that Jamaat-e-Islami would continue its struggle for what it called the legitimate and constitutional rights of Karachi’s roughly 35 million residents, including improved civic services and a stronger local government system. It also vowed to continue protests against alleged police violence and arrests carried out on the directives of provincial authorities.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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