WE MUST ACCEPT EACH OTHER FOR BRINGING PEACE IN PAKISTAN PARTICULARLY KARACHI: ALTAF HUSSAIN

ALTAF HUSSAIN’S APPEAL TO LEADERS AND WORKERS OF PPP AND ANP

LONDON: 21ST JULY 2011

Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain has appealed to the leaders and workers of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Awami National Party (ANP) to work with patience and forbearance. He asked them to accept each other and added that all political parties including the MQM should embrace and welcome the workers and leaders of other political parties instead of making the areas under their influence as no-go for other parties. He said this while talking to a large assembly of the MQM workers at Nine Zero who had come their after the victory of the MQM candidates Tahir Khokhar and Saleem Butt from the constituencies LA – 30 and LA – 36 respectively of the legislative assembly of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. He said that the MQM desired unity, solidarity, harmony, brotherhood, and peace among all the ethnic and linguistic groups in Sindh including Karachi. He said that the country was passing through perilous circumstances and hence we should avoid the politics that could give birth to confrontation and discord. He also appealed to all religious and political parties to work in harmony with each other by sinking political and ideological differences for bringing peace and stability in the country. If the political and religious parties strove for peace and stability in the country, they would not find the MQM lagging behind. The MQM would be in the forefront in these positive efforts. Addressing the leaders of PML (N), JUI (F), Muslim Conference and other opposition parties Mr Hussain said that we had extended the hand of friendship, unity and love with a hope that you would forget the bitterness of the past and reciprocate our feelings. He hoped that these parties would welcome the MQM in the Opposition with open heart. He said that the leaders and workers of PML (N) should forget the bitterness of the past and work for the stability of the country.

 

ALTAF HUSSAIN CONDOLES WITH LORD NAZIR AHMED

LONDON: 21ST JULY 2011

Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain has expressed his heartfelt grief and sorrow over the sad demise of the mother of Lord Nazir Ahmed who is life peer and member of the House of Lords in United Kingdom. Mr Hussain offered his condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed for the eternal bliss of the departed soul.

 

ARMED ATTACKS ON KESC INSTALLATIONS ARE A CONSPIRACY AGAINST KARACHI: MQM

GOVERNMENT MUST PROVIDE SECURITY AT KESC INSTALLATIONS

KARACHI: 21ST JULY 2011

Co-ordination Committee of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) has strongly condemned prolonged hours of load-shedding in Karachi and the attack by armed persons on Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) installation that has compounded the situation. The Co-ordination Committee called for easing the load-shedding and protecting the expensive installations of the KESC. In a statement the Co-ordination Committee said that armed groups were causing damage to the grid stations and other sensitive installations of the KESC which was resulting in huge financial loss for the company. The Co-ordination Committee said that on the one hand load-shedding continued without any respite and on the other hand the public was being subjected to untold misery on the pretext of dispute between the management and the labour union. The committee said that Karachi was the epicentre of industrial and business activities in the country and hence causing damage to the property of the KESC amounted to a conspiracy against the people of Karachi. The silence by the government authorities in the face of these attacks is a matter of grave concern for the people particularly the business community of the city. Such attacks, the Co-ordination Committee said, could only worsen the power crisis in the city. The Co-ordination Committee demanded of President Asif Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad and Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Provincial Home Minister Manzoor Wassan to take serious notice of armed attacks at KESC installations and the damage to the property. The Co-ordination Committee also appealed to free the people of Karachi from the menace of load-shedding.