Abdul Sattar Edhi lashes out at Government for not allowing him to continue aid work

Abdul Sattar Edhi, world’s renowned social worker, lashed out at the government for not allowing him to help the people of Liyari, saying law enforcement agencies are creating hurdles in his work.

While addressing a press conference against policemen, the trustworthy aid-worker observed, “I was given protection in Gaza and Iraq but have been banned from serving my own people in my own back yard”.

He said that he had visited every part of Pakistan where even dacoits have helped him but the government seems unhappy with his aid campaign.

Edhi said, “I am under house arrest and police have been deployed outside my house. I have been restricted from going outside”. He told journalists that he demanded the government to lift the ban allowing him to serve the people who have been in a miserable condition for the last one week.

Following police launched a security operation to ostensibly flush out criminals in Liyari; the area has been in lockdown for over seven days. However, it became impossible for people to leave the area and many families were cut off because of the violent exchange of firing.

The aid-worker, whose work has been worldly recognized, claimed that there were no dacoits or gangsters in Liyari, urging that the common man was free to move around in the area.

Surrounded by members of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Edhi appealed the high ups to take immediate note of the matter.

Uzma Noorani alleged, “Were the people of Lyari taken into confidence before the operation? Did the police achieve its target? Were human rights not violated? The government has turned Lyari into a war zone”.

Another member Dr Idrees Edhi while speaking at the occasion said that women, children and the elderly were under immense stress.

He added that diseases would spread as sanitary workers have not been visiting Liyari since the launch of the operation.

“There has been no power, water and medicine in the area and people are not allowed to visit hospitals. The criminals should be punished and detained but not at the cost of women, children,” he added.

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