PPP senator says party has never supported extrajudicial killingsISLAMABAD: Retracting his statement of calling suspended Malir SSP Rao Anwar a “brave child”, former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday said that he “regretted his remarks” which were ‘misspoken’. In an interview with a private media outlet Thursday night, Zardari came out in support of Anwar, calling him a “brave child” who survived the fight against “the militant wing of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)”. “Out of total 54 SHOs, only one, Rao Anwar, survived the MQM when it came back into power,” Zardari had said. However, a statement issued by party Senator Farhatullah Babar quoted Zardari as regretting the remarks for the offence they had caused. Enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings are twins of a deepening curse.

Source: Pakistan Today February 17, 2018 16:48 UTC