Altaf Hussain Seeks Political Asylum For His Supporters In India

[DESERT FIGHTER]

I wish we could just set up a firing squad and execute all our politicians.

 

[Karachiite]

Let us not bring in Punjabis who came from India. For them the cultural shock was not there. They were Punjabis and on this side, there were Punjabis and all were same.

For Mohajirs, it was a cultural shock. Most of the Mohajirs who migrated were not the lumpen lot (the lumpen lot were left behind in India since they had not the money or will to change ships midcourse). The Mohajirs who went to Pakistan were the educated and those who knew about governance, be it administration, judiciary or commerce. They were not the feudal satraps ruling over their bonded labour or moustachioed Military men with their large jagirs strutting around like brainless ho ho martinets having their chotas in the evening and all that!

If Altaf and the Mohajirs have grievances, don't you think that is worth your while to check why?

Please understand, the Mohajirs lost their hearth and home and they came over for the heady wine of Islam! That is a HUGE sacrifice. They started from SCRATCH. Not even a roof over their heads!

The 'sons of the soil' of Pakistan, what sacrifice they have done for the heady elixir of Islam? Think that over.
They still had their hearth and home, their jagirs, their vast fields and property that they lorded over and their boned labour (who were also the losers).

It is not for me to say and I am aware of it, but then injustice is something that sort of stirs me.

Check your country's greats. The majority are Mohajirs.

This

 

[S.M.R]

Political Asylum In India????????????????????????

I would better commit suicide if I had to go there forcefully. Would love to die in Pak Sar Zameen... He is gone mad...

 

[S.M.R]

Yes remember when Bangladesh split it was a sindhi aka Bhutto. The last time there was a mega operation in Karachi because some b@stards had crossed the line it was his daughter. I wonder where the Panjabis and Pathans fall in the equation. And also when the major operation happened in Balochistan one was ordered by a sindhi aka Bhutto, and the second when bhugti was killed it was Musharaf. Now I wonder where the Panjabis and Pathans came in.

Remember Saleem Safi's column, wherein a news a leaked that he is using ANP to fight with MQM in Karachi. You have rightly pointed out.... its the PPP who have problem with votebank of MQM..

 

[somebozo]

Peace in Karachi was deliberately destroyed my miscreant elements.

And he is the king pin of all of them..enough of this asylum drama..he is speaking the heart of his followers..economic opportunism nothing else!

 

[S.M.R]

what if india agrees to give asylum..... Where will all of their supporters live in india where already millions of people sleep on footpath.

@ leader... howz life at footpath.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

its only him who yaps about Muhajirs....time and time again, as if they are some oppressed peoople in Pakistan (when in fact, they are the most affluent -- like in Karachi)

i mean, this has gotten to the point of insanity.


the guy lives in the UK; not in Pakistan --- he talks to Pakistanis on skype video for Gods sakes.

the guy still has hundreds of murder charges which he isnt man enough to confront (he isnt alone)



funny thing is, they say they change ''M'' in MQM from Mohajir to ''Muttahida''


but there is nothing ''muttahida'' about their mentality....and there is nothing ''Awami'' about ANP either.



ban ANP and MQM.......they are both terrorist groups with hooligan supporters





''Altaf'bhai'' used to spend hours upon hours lecturing about need for strong institutions and for army to stay out from politics....and now he is begging army to go into Karachi to restore law & order


all these bloody civilian politicians and pseudo-politicians are the main hindrance to Pakistani prosperity and stability







NALAYAK, NALAYAK, SAB NALAYAK!!!!!!

 

[Avishek]

By god bjp and congress are million times better than this sh%t.

 

[Leader]

obviously Altaf by saying this doesnot spoke the hearts and minds of MQM followers, that they too must have been shocked by his statement...and I am sure none acknowledge it, despite they feel him as their representative...

 

[fd24]

obviously Altaf by saying this doesnot spoke the hearts and minds of MQM followers, that they too must have been shocked by his statement...and I am sure none acknowledge it, despite they feel him as their representative...

Brother i think he should be ashamed of himself

 

[Galaxy]

I don't think India can give Asylum to him alone, Forget about their supporters. For Indians, He is Pakistani only that ends all possibilities.

But it's amazing to know, Everyone hates him at least on PDF. Still, He has huge fan following. He is living in U.K. for very long time. Still, He is holding the support specially in Karachi area. Many people still consider him as true leaders. whether it's outa fear or affection? Don't know why he gave such statement, May be some motto.

 

[sohail.ishaque]

So am i... By the way he is an emotional Blackmailer, trying to earn sympathies of mohajir by giving them wrong input... he and his party is the one responsible for the current situation of Karachi.. and they should be cracked down..

Altaf Hussain is a traitor, not because he is asking for asylum in India, but because he has been running away from Pakistan, & is asking from asylum. Period. He is a disgrace to the 'Mohajir' community, & as a 'Mohajir', I am ashamed of him.

 

[sohail.ishaque]

saray C's hamaray hisay mein reh gaye thay ...

By god bjp and congress are million times better than this sh%t.

 

[somebozo]

I don't think India can give Asylum to him alone, Forget about their supporters. For Indians, He is Pakistani only that ends all possibilities.

But it's amazing to know, Everyone hates him at least on PDF. Still, He has huge fan following. He is living in U.K. for very long time. Still, He is holding the support specially in Karachi area. Many people still consider him as true leaders. whether it's outa fear or affection? Don't know why he gave such statement, May be some motto.

If "bhatta" starts pouring in your house and you become economically well off without shaking a limb, you will love such a leader too because not loving him could mean losing your source of income!

 

[Bang Galore]

November 8????

Forget Nov 8, consider which year. The article speaks of Natwar singh as the foreign minister (2004-05). Someone is dragging the old muck in to make a point.

Altaf Hussain Seeks Easier Political Asylum For His Supporters: India Rejects


By Arun Rajnath

NEW DELHI, November 8: Somewhat intrigued by the indirect requests and appeals by visiting Pakistani MQM leader, Mr. Altaf Hussain, to grant political asylum to his supporters in India, the Indian Home Ministry has categorically rejected his emotional pleas.

Minister of State for Home Affairs, S. Reghupati told the ‘South Asia Tribune’: “Such proposals are not viable or practical, and Mr. Hussain himself understands it. If we grant asylum to Pakistani Mohajirs (refugees), why not to Bangladeshis? Then we should also cease our actions of identifying illegal migrants from Bangladesh and we should open our doors for every Mohajir, and give them legal status.”

Officials said in his meeting with the Indian Foreign Minister, Natwar Singh, Mr. Hussain requested that his supporters, the Mohajirs, be granted Long Term Visas (LTV) to live in India. He also requested the Indians to show leniency when considering such cases, especially of the Mohajir community, if they are legally entitled to get the Indian citizenship.

Indian analysts are scratching their heads to understand what it was that Mr. Hussain, now a key ally of the military government in Pakistan and having his own nominee as the all powerful Governor of Sindh, was talking about his supporters seeking political asylum in India. Was he expecting another crackdown any time soon?

These analysts think Mr. Hussain’s requests reflected a deep sense of insecurity and lack of confidence in the durability of the present Pakistani set up as Mr. Hussain was not only staying in self-imposed exile himself in UK but was even talking about a large number of his supporters running away from Pakistan to seek asylum in India, as chances of getting asylum in the US and UK had diminished after 9/11.

It may be of interest that during the past crackdowns on MQM in Pakistan, especially during operations launched by the Pakistan Army in the 90s, a huge number of MQM supporters fled the country and took asylum in US and UK, with some of them going to India as well, though there they stayed underground.

An understanding of any sort, if given to Mr. Hussain by the Indians, would result in a huge number of MQM supporters entering India through the large Pak-India border in Sindh and this prospect does not cheer up many in the policy making corridors in New Delhi, analysts say.

Despite being termed as ‘Not War Singh’ by Mr. Hussain, Natwar Singh has given him no assurance of considering his plea to grant LTVs to Mohajirs to entitle them to live here for a longer period.

While talking about the internal conditions in Pakistan with Natwar Singh, Mr. Hussain expressed the desire of several Mohajirs to return to India. He told Mr. Singh the second generation of the Mohajir community was now facing the “acrimonious fruit of the 1947 partition”.

He also recited an Urdu couplet during his interaction with Natwar Singh: ‘Yeh waqt bhi dekha hai taareekh ke safahon ne; Lamhon ne khata ki thi, sadiyon ne sazaa payee’

(Annals of History have witnessed the phenomenon that blunders committed in a short span of time resulted in punishment for centuries)

Foreign Ministry officials told the ‘South Asia Tribune’ Mr. Hussain had also revealed that a large number of his Mohajir community wanted to return to their roots, and most of them wanted their Indian citizenship back.

Though he did not directly request Natwar Singh to “grant asylum” to Mohajirs, he made it clear that this was exactly what he wanted. It would be a great service to humanity to be more lenient towards the Mohajirs. They should be given Long Term Visas, if asylum was a politically incorrect term at this time to use, he pleaded.

Asked to comment on the subject, Secretary, Minority Cell (Congress Party), Meem Afzal had different views: “The new generation of the Pakistan Mohajirs does not wish to re-unite with India or return to their roots. Their counterparts in India also do not wish their relatives to come back from Pakistan to settle down in India. It is just a matter of a few years and after the end of the second generation or Altaf Hussain’s generation, the ghost of nostalgia will just disappear.”

Apart from this some of the Mohajirs were declared ‘dead’ in property documents/papers/ records at the time of the partition by other members of the family to protect their property from being taken over by Indian authorities. Those who stayed behind claimed full inheritance. If they or their children return to India, it would complicate matters a lot.

Mr. Afzal says that it takes 15-20 years for Pakistani women married to Indians to get citizenship of India. In this situation, how asylum could be granted to Mohajirs. Mr. Hussain has also made this point before Natwar Singh.

There are several such cases in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. A Muslim girl of Old Delhi was married to a Pakistani boy, and subsequently became a Pakistani citizen. But after sometime, her husband divorced her, and she returned to India in 1990. Her Indian citizenship has not been restored till now despite all efforts.

Such women are deliberately being denied Indian citizenship. They have to struggle to get the validity-period of their visas to be extended, besides appearing before the local police station now and then. Intelligence agents also keep an eye on Pakistani nationals residing within their area.

The Government of India had virtually kept Altaf Hussain under ‘room-arrest’ the whole day on November 6, and nobody was allowed to see him or his party men. Various government officials and security men paid visits to him the whole day. While sitting in the lobby of Mauriya Sheraton Hotel, this correspondent saw officials of the Indian intelligence watching every movement of Altaf Hussain.

An official was also posted at the Reception Counter of the hotel who used to ascertain the identity of all visitors for Altaf Hussain. No phone calls were allowed to his room from the Reception. The calls transferred to his room by phone operators were automatically diverted to the voice mailbox provided by the hotel to its guests. Mr. Hussain and his aides were given cellular phones with special numbers.