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KARACHI: Woman stages sit-in for missing
sons
Dawn News By Our Staff Reporter
http://www.dawn.com
KARACHI, July 5: A woman from Turbat, 500 kms away from Karachi, staged a
sit-in outside Karachi Press Club to seek justice as her two sons are
missing and the family had been facing immense problems.
Bibi Shamsatoon, 70, who is leading the protest, with her two
daughter-in-laws and two grandsons, has appealed to the government and
human rights organisations to get her two sons released as they are
neither member of any political organisation, nor they are wanted by
agencies in any case.
Shamsatoon said her sons Gohram Saleh and Ibrahim Saleh were picked up on
Aug 8, 2004, and Nov 29, 2005 from Mand and Karachi, respectively, for no
fault, and the family had suffering as there is no other breadwinner in
the family now.
She said she was not aware till today where her sons were being kept and
for what crimes they were picked up by agencies. At this age, when she was
unable to describe her agony and pain as a mother, she urged the
authorities if her sons were guilty, they should be tried in the court of
law or if innocent, they should be released forthwith.
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