Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Sindh Ameer Kashif Saeed Sheikh has strongly condemned the prevailing “law of the jungle” in the province, citing the recent brutal murder of a farmer and the killing of a social activist in an alleged police encounter as clear examples of organized oppression.
In a statement, Sheikh highlighted the broad daylight murder of farm laborer Kailash Kumar in Talhar, allegedly by landlord Sarfaraz Nizamani. He said that despite a week passing since the incident, the police have failed to arrest the accused, which he stated, “raises a question mark on their performance.”
The JI leader also drew attention to the case of Nader Jamali, a well-known social activist and landowner from Dadu, who was killed in an alleged police encounter. The incident occurred after a case of goat theft was registered against him, which Sheikh described as “a big question mark on the rule of law.”
Sheikh lamented that a large public sit-in has been ongoing for two days in Badin against Kumar’s murder, with thousands of people participating, but neither any local elected representative nor any minister of the Sindh government has offered support or taken steps to arrest the culprit. He questioned whether the landlords of the ruling party only remember minority communities at the time of elections?
He stressed that the police should not be given a “license to kill,” even if a person is a criminal, and warned that if decisions are to be made “at gunpoint,” then “the courts should be locked.” He termed Jamali’s killing a “moment of reflection” for the new Inspector General of Police, Javed Alam Odho.
Consequently, Jamaat-e-Islami Sindh has demanded the immediate arrest of Sarfaraz Nizamani and severe punishment to deter any powerful person from harming the weak in the future.
The party has also strongly demanded a high-level judicial inquiry into the series of killings occurring under the guise of alleged police encounters across Sindh, so that the full truth behind these incidents can be revealed.