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KARACHI: In perhaps what is one of the strongest statements to emerge from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in recent days, party chief Altaf Hussain has linked the issue of perceived discrimination against party members to the various calls emerging from the country.
What those calls were, appeared to have been mentioned in a vague manner deliberately. In the statement, Altaf Hussain has said that it was a logical conclusion that such calls would emerge from the country when discrimination against the party that represents the people reached its peak.
Altaf Hussain believes that the party was a victim of propaganda on the basis of bigotry, and cited the discrimination against praising and officially recognising the achievements of former Karachi mayor and newly elected senator Mustafa Kamal and Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan as examples.
Altaf Hussain said that even though Kamals work was recognised worldwide and had been praised by the Supreme Court, there was no official reception or honour for him. Similarly, he noted, that even though Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan was the longest-serving governor of Sindh, his contributions were not recognised officially.
He noted that even though the MQM had a large number of seats in the Sindh Assembly in 1997, the MQM was denied the chance of nominating a member as Sindh chief minister. Altaf Hussain has also praised journalists who interviewed Mustafa Kamal and praised his work, and lamented that the ink ran dry for other columnists when it came to the ex-mayor.
Altaf Hussain reiterated that such bigoted treatment will only lead to different types of calls from the country.
In recent weeks, a call for the creation of a Mohajir province has emerged from an unknown group known as the Mohajir Sooba Tehreek. While the MQM has officially denied a link to the movement, party workers have been supporting the initiative and were present at its events. At the funeral for an MQM worker killed recently in a targeted attack, several people held Mohajir Sooba placards aloft and proudly displayed them for cameras. The group has also been actively releasing statements to the press, advertising at the Karachi Press Club through a newsletter that was pasted outside the premises and has scribbled graffiti throughout the city.
An MQM representative in the Sindh Assembly did note that perhaps the government should open talks with those making these demands and find out what their motives and reasoning were, which was strongly criticised by several Pakistan Peoples Party members. A resolution decrying the movement and calls for separation from Sindh was passed in the Sindh Assembly unanimously, but several backers of the resolution have complained that they received threatening letters and text messages for their criticism.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 21st, 2012.
London calling: MQM chief believes party members are being sidelined – The Express Tribune
SO FINALY MQM is talking about a province which everyone said they would!!!
What those calls were, appeared to have been mentioned in a vague manner deliberately. In the statement, Altaf Hussain has said that it was a logical conclusion that such calls would emerge from the country when discrimination against the party that represents the people reached its peak.
Altaf Hussain believes that the party was a victim of propaganda on the basis of bigotry, and cited the discrimination against praising and officially recognising the achievements of former Karachi mayor and newly elected senator Mustafa Kamal and Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan as examples.
Altaf Hussain said that even though Kamals work was recognised worldwide and had been praised by the Supreme Court, there was no official reception or honour for him. Similarly, he noted, that even though Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan was the longest-serving governor of Sindh, his contributions were not recognised officially.
He noted that even though the MQM had a large number of seats in the Sindh Assembly in 1997, the MQM was denied the chance of nominating a member as Sindh chief minister. Altaf Hussain has also praised journalists who interviewed Mustafa Kamal and praised his work, and lamented that the ink ran dry for other columnists when it came to the ex-mayor.
Altaf Hussain reiterated that such bigoted treatment will only lead to different types of calls from the country.
In recent weeks, a call for the creation of a Mohajir province has emerged from an unknown group known as the Mohajir Sooba Tehreek. While the MQM has officially denied a link to the movement, party workers have been supporting the initiative and were present at its events. At the funeral for an MQM worker killed recently in a targeted attack, several people held Mohajir Sooba placards aloft and proudly displayed them for cameras. The group has also been actively releasing statements to the press, advertising at the Karachi Press Club through a newsletter that was pasted outside the premises and has scribbled graffiti throughout the city.
An MQM representative in the Sindh Assembly did note that perhaps the government should open talks with those making these demands and find out what their motives and reasoning were, which was strongly criticised by several Pakistan Peoples Party members. A resolution decrying the movement and calls for separation from Sindh was passed in the Sindh Assembly unanimously, but several backers of the resolution have complained that they received threatening letters and text messages for their criticism.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 21st, 2012.
London calling: MQM chief believes party members are being sidelined – The Express Tribune
SO FINALY MQM is talking about a province which everyone said they would!!!
