PAKISTAN IS SUBSERVIENT TO THE SUPER POWERS: ALTAF HUSSAIN

MQM WILL MAKE PAKISTAN INDEPENDENT AND SOVEREIGN IN THE TRUE SENSE
 

LONDON: 23 rd MARCH 2011:

 

The Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain has said that Pakistan is yet to be an independent and sovereign country in the true sense rather it has become subservient to the super powers. He said that a privileged few, The two percent ruling class is acting as a proxy of these super powers and it protects the interests of its masters instead of safeguarding the interests of the people of Pakistan. He was addressing a gathering of MQM office-bearers, workers, students, political and religious leaders, businessmen and industrialists on 22nd March on the occasion of the inauguration of the central MQM office “Punjab House” in Lahore.

 

Mr Altaf Hussain said, “I want to make Pakistan a truly independent and sovereign country and I want to transform the Pakistani nation into an honourable nation in the world so that no country including the United States could even think about drone strikes in Pakistan.”

 

“The status quo has created a division in the country. The perpetuation of this status quo has established double standards in the country. There are separate education systems at schools, colleges, universities, and different ways of livings of the privileged class people as against the remaining 98 per cent people of the country.”

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“The hospitals where the poor are forced to go for treatment are in miserable and shabby condition. Instead of providing healthcare facilities these hospitals tend to get rid of the patients by neglect and administration of substandard medicines.”

 

“If this status quo continues then there will be educational, economic and social backwardness in the country and national honour and self-esteem will always be at the lowest ebb.”

 

“A truly independent and sovereign country enter into friendship with other countries on an equal footing. This friendship is based on the principle of respect and get respected. Such a friendship does not entail servile obedience.”

“The American spy Raymond Davis murdered two young men in Lahore and his guilt was established as well but he was released whereas Dr Aafia who did not commit any murder was sentenced for 86 years under false allegations. Does this conduct of ours prove us to be a sovereign country?”

 

“Blood money has been given for the release of Raymond Davis but no compensation has been given to the victims of drone strike in the tribal areas. A large number of innocent and guiltless people have been killed in the drone strikes in the North Waziristan and other parts of the tribal areas.”

 

“We know that the super powers have enormous firepower but we should also know that Allah is the Almighty the All-powerful. If we reform our deeds, stop being derelict in our duties and make a resolve to sacrifice for our country and if we make practical efforts to free the country from the tentacles of the venal and corrupt politicians, then no super power on earth could look upon our country with baleful eyes.”

 

“The people of Punjab are simple, honest and hardworking but unfortunately they have been held hostage to the shackles of a dishonest and corrupt leadership that has sold our national honour and self-respect for their personal gains. Vitriolic propaganda has been done in the Punjab in order to keep the people away from the MQM. It is by the grace of Allah that the message of the MQM is gaining wide acceptance in the Punjab and it will wake up  the people of Punjab from sleep.”

 

“The ideology of the MQM is fully in accordance with the Last Sermon of the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) in which he said that every Muslim is the brother of another Muslim. They are all equal. Nobody has superiority over other except by piety and good action. It is the ideology of the Founder of the Nation Quaid-i-Azam and the great revolutionary poet Allama Iqbal.”

 

“The feudal lords and those who looted the national wealth have no respect and regard for the poor. MQM will recover the looted wealth and deposit it in the government treasury. Their landholdings will be used for making hospitals, schools, and colleges and employment will be provided to the poor people by making vocational centres.”

 

“The politicians who had only one factory before entering into politics have now erected industrial empires. It is not that everyone is enjoying perks and privileges in the army. Lower officers and the non-commissioned soldiers belong to the poor and middle class who are protecting the borders of the country away from their families. These soldiers risk their lives whenever a calamity hits and defend the country. The soldiers should join hands with the people of Pakistan. We shall bring a revolution in the country and make Pakistan honourable.”

 

“We will serve the people of the Punjab and bring forward the able youth in every sphere of life. Languages are for the purpose of identification only. We are Pakistanis above everything else. We shall embrace all the people of all the provinces and make reparation for the injustices of the past.”

 

“I have been making selfless struggle for the past 35 years but I have never obtained anything for myself and my family. I shall never become an MNA or an MPA. My only desire is to make the national security and defence of the country impregnable and free the country from the menacing grip of the looters and the corrupt.''