By our correspondent
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Chairman Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, in a statement marking the 35th anniversary of the Pakka Qila (Hyderabad) tragedy, paid heartfelt tribute to the martyrs and said that the wounds of the barbarism inflicted on the founders of Pakistan and their descendants on May 26 and 27, 1990, remain fresh even today.
He recalled the brutal violence of those days, saying that the level of cruelty witnessed was unimaginable — women clutching the Quran emerged from their homes begging for mercy, only to be gunned down alongside innocent children by killers who mocked their pain. These murderers, he said, celebrated over the bodies of the victims while families cried in agony.
Dr Siddiqui said the Pakka Qila tragedy was not just a black mark on Sindh’s history but a betrayal of the very spirit of Pakistan. The massacre of more than 50 unarmed women, children, elderly, and youth, and the injury of hundreds, remains an open wound, with families still waiting for justice as the perpetrators roam free.
He lamented that the blood-stained hands of those responsible are now celebrated, while the case files of the deceased have been forgotten, consumed by dust and decay in the corridors of justice. Calling it a shame that ethnic bias still obstructs justice decades later, Dr Siddiqui emphasized that the sacrifices of the Pakka Qila martyrs are etched into the pages of history and will never be forgotten.
