KARACHI: Although the provincial government has rubbished rumours of widespread child kidnappings in Karachi, the issue has sparked a fresh war of words between those in power.
When asked by reporters on Saturday about who spread the rumors, Sindh information advisor and senior Pakistan People's Party leader Maula Bux Chandio claimed the rumours were spread by "those guarding the interests of the Punjab government".
"This environment of panic and fear was intentionally created," he said.
Earlier, Karachi police chief Addiitonal Inspector-General Mushtaq Maher had also claimed that there were political interests behind spreading rumors of kidnappings of children in Karachi.
Multiple incidents of mob justice were reported from different parts of the city after the rumors, with citizens thrashing innocent people on suspicion of them being kidnappers.
But Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Talal Chaudhry responded to Chandio's allegation, saying the Sindh government should "check its own actions before hurling accusations at others".
"They try to divert attention whenever there is talk of their own performance or that they have failed to deliver," said Talal Chaudhry.
"Did the Punjab government also ruin the law and order situation in Karachi? If the federal government did not carry out the operation, the provincial government would have been unable to take control of the situation.
"Those who have even failed to clean garbage from the streets of Karachi should think before hurling allegations at others," he said.
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