Dispersing peaceful protests with force & shelling is a denial of democratic rights: FM

ISLAMABAD, Jan 27 (SABAH): Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi says the Karachi incident has exposed the fake champions of democracy.

He was talking to different leaders of MQM-P including Minister for Information Technology Syed Amin-ul-Haque and Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, on telephone on Thursday.

The Foreign Minister said dispersing peaceful protests with force and shelling is a denial of democratic rights.

He said Sindh’s Local Government Law has been rejected by all parties including PMl-N. Being the Vice Chairman of PTI, the Foreign Minister called for changing the Sindh’s Local Government Law on priority basis.