Kamal threatens to shut down Karachi if 'fair' census is not held.

KARACHI -- Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday warned that his party would lock down Karachi if a fair census was not conducted in the city.

'We have never been fairly counted over the past 70 years as the state is afraid of counting us correctly. You are creating tomorrow's terrorists by increasing the sense of deprivation in Karachi. But I refuse to step back and will fight till my last breath,' vowed Mr Kamal while addressing a big rally in front of the Karachi Press Club (KPC).

'Today's protest is just a trailer. We will shut down the city if census is not conducted fairly. We will stage sit-ins all across the city until the acceptance of our demand,' he said, adding: 'Count us before we will make you count us correctly.'

He demanded that the 2017 census be declared controversial because if it did not happen 'our next seven generations' would not be counted correctly.

PSP holds rally against 'undercounting' of Karachi population

The rally began from Nursery and a large number of people, including women and children, on motorcycles, in cars, buses and trucks marched through Sharea Faisal towards the KPC, the culmination point of the rally, where a big protest demonstration was held to record their protest against the acceptance of the controversial National Census 2017 by the federal cabinet.

Shouting slogans and waving PSP's tri-coloured flags inscribed with its election symbol, Dolphin, the participants in the rally carried banners and placards inscribed with certain demands such as 'Stop legalising controversial census', 'Count actual 30 million not just 16 million people in Karachi', etc.

The central leadership, including Mr Kamal and PSP president Anis Kaimkhani, were on a truck that was leading the rally, which took five hours to reach in front of the KPC.

PM asked to take 'positive U-turn'

Speaking at the demonstration, Mr Kamal asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to withdraw the decision of accepting the 2017 census results.

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