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The day I visited MQM’s Nine Zero | ImaanSheikh

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When I told my friends and family that I was going to Nine Zero for a class assignment, their reaction was an odd mix of excitement and trepidation. They were wishing me luck for some odd reason!

For those who don’t know what it is, Nine Zero ─ or 90 ─ are theMuttahida Quami Movement’s (MQM) headquarters in Karachi. I wasn’t alone; my classmates and teacher were going with me. I did not understand why everyone was so scared. What was so terrifying about Nine Zero, anyway?

Having spent most of my life in Karachi, I have heard the words “Nine Zero” uncountable times. As a child, I thought it was the name of a gang. As I grew older, I realised it was a place, but I didn’t know if it was the name of an area, or someone’s house number. All I knew was that it was a very popular place.

When I finally understood clearly what Nine Zero was, I was curious to visit. I found out that you cannot just visit; it’s a high security area and you need all sorts of permissions.

“Photo nahi lain! Delete karein isay!” said a guard to my classmate as we crossed the first barrier to enter the area.

(Don’t take photos. Delete the one you just took!)

I immediately decided to be on my best behaviour.

We were taken to the seminar hall for a lecture on the local governance system in general, and the SPLGO 2012. Hyderabad’s former mayor, Kanwar Naveed Jamil, and ex-MNA Ameenul Haq were to deliver to us a lecture on the topic.

As it was my first time meeting officials of a well-known political party, I expected them to have an attitude to match – possibly arrogant with their noses in the air, and very, very formal. However, to my surprise, they were as humble and welcoming as they could be. It was almost as if they weren’t attending to a class of journalism newbies, but their friends.

There were seats and microphones set up for them on the stage of the seminar hall, but instead they sat very casually on the stairs and began to lecture. It went well, and though they didn’t have enough time to answer all our questions, they did go out of their way to answer a few.

We stepped out of the seminar hall and were guided to a table where snacks had been served for all of us. This followed a nice, detailed tour of the area.

From what I had heard, Nine Zero had seemed like a very scary place.

The reality couldn’t be more different; it reminded me of a peaceful 90’s Karachi. The streets were clean and children played ball outside. Despite there being lots of goats and cows tied outside homes for Bakra Eid, the area was very well-maintained. I found the cleanliness factor very commendable.

There were modern-looking lamp posts and benches on the corners of all streets for people to sit on and just have a good time in the evening. Despite being so well-maintained, I found that it did represent the middle class perfectly. You would expect too much to be spent on polishing the look of a political party’s hub, with expensive-looking homes and flashy cars, but it was the opposite. One could tell that where the party’s motto was to serve the middle class, it also focused on making the area look the part.

“This is so peaceful. I’d love to live here,” said my friend Laraib as we ventured through the gullies of Nine Zero without a worry.

A bunch of girls wandering in any area of Karachi would attract attention of the men there, but that wasn’t the case here. No one ogled at us. The residents greeted us with warm smiles, and you could tell that these were out of respect and humility.

Soon we were at MQM leader, AKA ‘Quaid-e-Tehreek’ Altaf Hussain’s house. Mr Ameenul Haq showed us around and even allowed us to take photographs, which wasn’t the case at the entrance of the area, probably because of security reasons.

It was a small house, neatly kept. The white sheets spread on the floor reminded me of my grandmother who hails from Delhi and tells me that laying white sheets neatly on the floor is a very Muhajir family thing to do. Beside a new paint job and installing air-conditioners, I don’t think much was done to the place since Altaf Hussain lived here. I was tempted to tweet a picture of myself sitting on a sofa at his house, with the caption, “Just another day in my life, chilling at Altaf Bhai’s place,” but I held back my excitement.

We then ventured to the monitoring room – a ‘state of art’ monitoring room as a friend calls it. It literally had walls made of televisions screens and, well, technical stuff, like any good monitoring facility should. They have three years worth of televised programmes stored in their database.

Five hundred volunteers are working only on monitoring social media. Yes, they work and report, unlike many other political parties’ social media monitors who participate and engage in an annoying kind of interaction way too much.

In all, it was a great and very well-organised experience. I would like to clarify that I am not affiliated with the MQM; I am only a journalism student who likes to appreciate what is appreciable.

This post originally appeared here.

 

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water crises in Karachi

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situation in gilgit baltistan can become like balochistan

گلگت بلتستان کے عوام کے مسائل اور انکے ساتھ ناروا سلوک کو بہتر نا بنایا گیا تو اس خطے کی صورتحال صوبہ بلوچستان جیسی ہو جائیگی ، حق پرست سینیٹر نسرین جلیل

Posted on: 11/05/2014
گلگت بلتستان کے عوام کے مسائل اور انکے ساتھ ناروا سلوک کو بہتر نا بنایا گیا تو اس خطے کی صورتحال صوبہ بلوچستان جیسی ہو جائیگی ، حق پرست سینیٹر نسرین جلیل
گلگت بلتستان ائیر پورٹ پر سفری سہولیات کا فقدان اور ہوائی سفر کے زائد کرایوں کے سبب عوام کوشدید مشکلات کا سامنا ہے
گلگت بلتستان میں بڑھتی ہوئی بے روزگاری کے خاتمے کے لئے مقامی صنعتوں اور کاروبار ی سرگرمیوں کے فروغ کی ضرورت ہے
گلگت بلتستان کے اکثر اسپتالوں میں دوائیں اور ڈاکٹر زمیسر نہیں ہیں،
وفاقی افسران کی تقرری و تبادلے کے سلسلے میں گورننگ نظام اور اختیارات کے حکم نامے برائے 2009 پر عمل کیا جانا ضروری ہے
انسداد دہشتگردی ایکٹ کا بے جا استعمال، حکومتی اداروں کی جانب سے انسانی حقوق کی پامالی اور دفعہ 144 کے خاتمے کی فوری ضرورت ہے
گلگت بلتستان میں معاشی ، معاشرتی، انتظامی خرابیوں کی بہتری کے لیے وزیر اعظم پاکستان میاں محمد نواز شریف کے نام سینیٹر نسرین جلیل کا 8نکاتی تو جہ دلاؤ خط
کراچی ۔۔۔11مئی2014ء
سینیٹ میں فنکشنل کمیٹی برائے انسانی حقوق کی رکن وحق پرست سینیٹرنسرین جلیل نے کہا کہ قائد تحریک جناب الطاف حسین نے ہمیشہ گلگت بلتستان کے عوام کے آئینی حقوق کیلئے آواز بلند کی ہے ۔یہی وجہ ہے کہ 8نکاتی توجہ دلاو خط کے ذریعے وزیراعظم پاکستان میاں محمدنوازشریف کی توجہ گلگت بلتستان میں بنیادی انسانی سہو لیات کی عدم فراہمی کے سبب گلگت بلتستان کے عوام میں بڑھتے ہوئے احساس محرومی کی جانب مبذول کرانا اورگلگت بلتستان کے عوام میں پائی جانیوالی محرومیوں سے تفصیلاًآگاہ کرنا ہے۔8نکاتی خط میں سینیٹر نسرین جلیل نے وزیراعظم کوبتایاکہ گلگت بلتستان میں ائیر پورٹ پر سفری سہولیات کا فقدان اور ہوائی سفر کے کرائے خاصے زیادہ ہیں جس کے سبب وہاں کے عوام کو اندرون ملک و بیرون ملک سفر میں شدید مشکلات کا سامنہ کر نا پڑتا ہے ۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ گلگت بلتستان کے عوام کی پریشانی کو مد نظر رکھتے ہوئے وہاں نجی ائیر لائنوں کو اجازت دینے کے ساتھ ساتھ دیگر سہولیا ت بھی فراہم کی جائیں۔ سینیٹر نسرین جلیل نے گلگت بلتستان میں صحت اور علاج کا تذکرہ کرتے ہوئے بتایا کہ وہاں صحت عامہ کے بنیادی ادارے کام نہیں کر رہے ہیں ،گلگت بلتستان میں اسپتال تو موجود ہیں لیکن ان میں سے اکثر اسپتالوں میں دوائیں اورڈاکٹرز میسر نہیں ہیں۔انھوں نے اپنے خط میں گلگت بلتستان میں آئینی عدالتوں کے قیام کی ضرورت ،وہاں بڑھتی ہوئی بے روزگاری کے خاتمے کے لئے مقامی صنعتوں اور کاروبار ی سرگرمیوں کے فروغ جیسے اقدامات اُٹھانے کی ضرورت پر بھی ذور دیا ہے ۔سینیٹر نسرین جلیل نے گلگت بلتستان میں انسداد دہشتگردی ایکٹ کے بے جا استعمال کے سبب ریاستی اداروں کے لیے عوام میں پائی جانے والی نفرت اور گلگت بلتستان میں حکومتی اداروں کی جانب سے انسانی حقوق کی پامالی کا تذکرہ کرتے ہوئے عوامی مفاد میں دفعہ 144کے خاتمے کی ضرورت پر بھی ذور دیا ہے۔ انھوں نے کہا کہ گلگت بلتستان کے شہری علاقوں میں انفرااسٹرکچیراورتوانائی کے مسائل سمیت بنیادی انسانی سہولیات کی بھی کمی ہے اور وہاں سرکاری اداروں کے افسران کی تقرری و تبادلے کے سلسلے میں گورننگ نظام اور اختیارات کے حکم نامے برائے 2009 پر عمل نہیں کیا جارہا ہے جس کے سبب گلگت بلتستان کے مقامی افسران میں احساس محرومی بڑھ رہا ہے۔ سینیٹر نسرین جلیل نے عوامی جذبات کی نمائندگی کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ گلگت بلتستان کے عوام میں اس خطے کے مستقبل کے حوالے سے شدید خدشات پائے جاتے ہیں۔اپنے خط کے آخر میں انھوں نے وزیر اعظم پاکستان کی توجہ اس جانب مبذول کرائی ہے کہ اگر گلگت بلتستان کے عوام کے مسائل اور انکے ساتھ نا روا سلوک کو بہتر نا بنایا گیا تو اس خطے کی صورتحال بلوچستان یا پھر ملک کے معاشی حب کراچی جیسی ہو جائیگی جہاں عوام میں ریاست اور حکومتی اداروں کے خلاف شدید غم و غصہ اور سہو لیا ت کی غیر منصفانہ فراہمی کے سبب احساس کمتری پایا جاتا ہے ۔

https://twitter.com/x/status/465558876826243072

 

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altaf bhai

 

[fawwaxs]

AltafHussain's Nadra CNIC Forum

 

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Rabita Committee Condemns NADRA For Using Delaying Tactics In The Issuance Of NICOP Card To Mr. Altaf Hussain



Posted on: 12/05/2014
MQM and its workers would stage a countrywide protest if the NICOP card was not issued to Mr. Hussain
Rabita Committee has condemned the NADRA for using delaying tactics in the issuance of NICOP card to Mr. Altaf Hussain. They termed the denial of card to Mr. Hussain the authorities as unconstitutional and unjustified in light of the fundamental rights guaranteed.
They warned that MQM and its workers would stage a countrywide protest if the NICOP card was not issued to Mr. Hussain.
Rabita Committee has demanded that president, prime minister and federal interior minister should take notice of the matter and take action against the people who are creating hurdles in the issuance of NICOP card.

 

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Altaf Hussain Felicitates Newly-Elected Senator Maulana Thanvi



Posted on: 14/05/2014
Your presence in the senate would be give us strength
The founder and leader of MQM Mr. Altaf Hussain has congratulated Maulana Tanveer-ul-Haque on becoming MQM’s senator unopposed.
Maulana Tanveer-ul-Haque is a noted scholar and president of MQM’s Muttahida Bain-ul-Muslimeen Forum.
Commenting on his unopposed election Mr. Hussain said, “ Maulana Tanveer-ul-Haque is a scion of a well-known religious family. He is himself a noted scholar and has been serving MQM for a long time, “ Mr. Hussain said.
Mr. Hussain congratulated the newly elected senator and said your presence in the senate would be give us strength. He urged him to represent the movement in brave way and present our case with reasons.
“I pray for the prosperity and welfare of the country. We want to eliminate corruption and corrupt system from the country. We want to bring in a system where everyone can get justice and there would be rule of law in the country. Judiciary will be independent. A system where people who have plundered national wealth can be prosecuted. A system where powerful people can be prosecuted. We don’t want a system where poor people are punished for small crimes, “ Mr. Hussain said.
Maulana Tanveer-ul-Haque thanked Mr. Hussain and said he got this success because of Mr. Hussain and sacrifices of MQM workers. He assured Mr. Hussain that he would use all his energy for the movement and work for the mission of MQM. He prayed for Mr. Hussain good health.

 

[batmannow]

what about the reaction from MQM, yesterdays high level meeting?
plz post it?
thanks

 

[Musafir117]

QET Altaf Hussain Exclusive Interview On Samaa TV - 17 May 2014


Posted on: 17/05/2014

QET Altaf Hussain Exclusive Interview on Samaa...

 

[Musafir117]

what about the reaction from MQM, yesterdays high level meeting?
plz post it?
thanks

I think AH talked about it on Sama interview?
He said he little disheartening by Governor Sind on his silent while in meeting with top highs level official, other hand Zardari stop them to talk about Liyari.

 

[batmannow]

I think AH talked about it on Sama interview?
He said he little disheartening by Governor Sind on his silent while in meeting with top highs level official, other hand Zardari stop them to talk about Liyari.

no they did talked in small room meeting, before the came to talk, in the meeting room, that i know?
but why the hell he was quite on JI , stupid durring thr meeting?

 

[Musafir117]

no they did talked in small room meeting, before the came to talk, in the meeting room, that i know?
but why the hell he was quite on JI , stupid durring thr meeting?

Well, there is no any official announcement by MQM regarding that meeting. But it's seems that mqm vs all other participants.

 

[batmannow]

Well, there is no any official announcement by MQM regarding that meeting. But it's seems that mqm vs all other participants.

no i dont think so friend, my contacts in MI, tells a different story?
i cant share it here?

 

[Old Navigator]

no i dont think so friend, my contacts in MI, tells a different story?
i cant share it here?

We all deserve the truth don't we? How can you expect us to act in a certain way without providing us any information? you have piqued my curiosity..

I don't expect that anyone in this forum has top notch link with MQM leaders!

P.S i do hope your contacts are not limited to the certain newspaper!