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MQM calls for 'day of mourning' on Thursday
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Wednesday called for the day of mourning tomorrow (Thursday)against the violent crimes like targeted killings and extortion rampant in the metropolis, Geo News reported.
The mourning-cum-strike call comes on the day when Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, Mian Nawaz Sharif, was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for a record third time.
MQM Coordination Committee has appealed to the businessman and transporters to keep their businesses closed and vehicles off roads.
Responding to the MQM's strike call the Sindh, Technical board has cancelled all the exams scheduled for Thursday.
Moreover, All Private School Association has also announced to keep the educational institutions closed across Sindh.
It is ironic that the day on which the rest of the Pakistan will be celebrating the historic incumbency of a democratic government the Sindh will be 'mourning' with no transport on the roads, no attendance in the schools, and thousands of daily wagers who would not be able to make both ends meet on that day.
Courtesy www.geo.tv