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Altaf blasted for anti-Pakhtun tirade
MQM Frontier leaders pledge support to peace efforts
PESHAWAR: Lending support to the Awami National Party (ANP) and
Maulana Sufi Muhammad’s efforts for Nizam-e-Adl implementation in
Malakand Division, the NWFP chapter of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement
(MQM) Tuesday accused the party’s central command of dancing to the
tunes of “its foreign masters”.
MQM Provincial Organiser Aslam Jan Afridi told The News that they
fully supported the initiatives of ANP-led government and Maulana
Sufi Muhammad for restoring peace to the troubled Swat valley. “We
have conveyed our resentment to MQM chief Altaf Hussain for issuing
irresponsible and immature statements against the Pakhtuns and
Nizam-e-Adl Regulation,” said Aslam Jan, who along with other party
members met Maulana Sufi Muhammad at TNSM headquarters at Amandarra
in Lower Dir a week ago and assured him of full support.
The MQM leader said that Altaf had opposed Nizam-e-Adl Regulation
and peace initiatives in NWFP just to promote the US and Western
agenda in Pakistan. He said that Altaf had proven himself as a
leader of an ethnic group who himself was enjoying a safe and
luxurious life in London but was uttering irresponsible remarks
against mainstream political parties and Pakhtuns. He also vowed to
participate in the May 12 public gathering under the banner of
Pakhtun Action Committee in Karachi.
MQM Provincial Joint Organiser Zubair Anjum, who also contested
election from NA-1 (Peshawar) on the MQM ticket in 2008, said they
had closed the MQM provincial secretariat in Peshawar in protest
after Altaf started giving venomous remarks against the Pakhtuns and
his workers killed and expelled the Pakhtun community from their
houses and business centres in Karachi.
“Pakhtuns are true Muslims and patriotic Pakistanis who always
supported the cause of Islam and Pakistan but when security forces
launched operation in Karachi, the followers of Altaf even torched
Pakistani flags,” he said, adding that if Altaf was so worried about
present situation, then he should come back to Pakistan.
When contacted by phone, Ameer Izzat Khan, spokesperson for defunct
Tanzim Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi, confirmed to The News that a
delegation of the MQM had called on TNSM chief in Amandarra where
they extended their unwavering support to Nizam-e-Adl Regulation in
Malakand Division.
The MQM had fielded 12 candidates for National Assembly and 12
aspirants for NWFP Assembly seats during the last general elections
but the Karachi-based party did not secure a single seat.
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Khalid Kheshgi
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