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Anti-Taliban graffiti in Karachi for first time in eight years

KARACHI: For the first time in eight years, anti-Taliban graffiti has surfaced in Karachi. It is also noteworthy that it has been signed off as SMP which stands for Sipah-e-Mohammad, a banned outfit. The SMP went underground also went underground eight years ago.

The graffiti appeared on main MA Jinnah Road, a central artery, outside a building from colonial times, Khaliqdina Hall. It was also seen at Lasbella Bridge in Liaquatabad Town. ‘Taliban Murdabad’ [Down with the Taliban] and ‘Shiaiat ka qatl-e-aam na Manzoor’ [The killing of Shias is rejected] and in English ‘Back Shias, full power, Super power’ are the phrases that appeared. One was against a particular religious scholar who appears on TV.

According to the official red book of the Special Investigations Group of the Federal Investigation Agency, 29 out of a total of 162 most-wanted terrorists in Pakistan are from the SMP with head money worth Rs 13.6 million. Seven of them are from Sindh and 22 from the Punjab. fareed farooqui and faraz khan

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