Daily Times

A thorough investigation would be conducted into the Ghotki incident, said Sindh Minister for Information and Archives and Labor Saeed Ghani.

After the incident, the situation in Ghotki worsened and some shops and temples had been damaged, but the Sindh government while taking immediate notice calmed the situation with the help of Rangers and Police.

He himself went to Ghotki immediately after the incident and met the scholars and people of the Hindu community there and normalised the situation, the provincial minister said. The scholars made it clear that those who attacked the temple had nothing to do with them and the government should take action against those responsible, he said.

He thanked the two sides and informed them that the suspects have been arrested and action would be taken against them according to law, Ghani said. The incident of Mirpurkhas was reported in the media in such a way that it looked as if Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was behind the incident, the provincial minister added.

After the tragic incident in Mirpurkhas, the Sindh government came into action straight away and suspended the culprits immediately, he said.

Further investigations into the incident were being made and statements of the victims were also recorded, Ghani said. There were reports that all the accused in the Malam Jabba case were being given a clean chit, he said.

This shows that accountability apparatus were being used only against the political opponents, the provincial minister said. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was bent upon seeking political revenge just for satisfying its ego, he added.