ALTAF HUSSAIN CONDEMNS ATTACKS O

ALTAF HUSSAIN CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON LOCALITIES ADJOINING QASBA COLONY, ORANGI TOWN AND KATI PAHARI

TERRORISTS ON A RAMPAGE IN THE CITY WHILE THE LAW-ENFORCING AGENCIES ARE ACTING AS A SILENT SPECTATORS

LONDON: 5^TH JULY 2011:

The Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned the violence and arson attacks by armed terrorists in Qasba Colony, Orangi Town, Kati Pahari and other parts of the city. He said that the armed terrorists attacked the houses in Qasba Colony, Orangi Town and Kati Pahari areas with latest automatic weapons. They terrorists looted the houses, put several houses on fire and fired indiscriminately resulting in the death of several innocent people and serious injuries to many others. He regretted that while the terrorists went on a rampage in the city, the police and administration stood by as silent spectators. The terrorists were given a virtual freehand to do what they wanted.

Addressing President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, Mr Hussain asked if the MQM would be punished for coming out of the government by exercising its democratic right. He asked if the helpless people of Karachi would be subjected to barbaric violence and that the terrorists would be supported instead of taking any action against them. He demanded that the armed attack on the localities and terrorism should stop immediately and the citizens should be given security. He demanded action against armed terrorists.

Mr Hussain warned that if the terrorism and armed attack against the localities did not stop forthwith then we would be forced to start peaceful protests against it. He declared that if we started to go on strike against the terrorism then it would not stop within a day or two. The strikes and protest demonstrations would continue till the end of terrorism and the government.

Mr Hussain also asked the ANP leader Asfandyar Wali to warn his people to stop attack on the houses adjoining Qasba Colony, Orangi Town and Kati Pahari immediately. He sympathized with the innocent people affected by the terrorist attacks and prayed for the eternal peace of those killed in the new wave of violence in the city.