20000222

MQM, JSQM

strike today

RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) on Monday has given a strike call on Tuesday to protest against the removal of more than 400 employees from Pakistan Steel. Muttaheda Qaumi Movement (MQM) has extended its support to the strike call.

The strike call, first during the military regime of Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has also sought moral support from two more leading political parties; Pakistan Muslim League and Pakistan Peoples party.

JSQM and MQM hold that the removed employees were either Sindhis or Muhajirs.