ALTAF HUSSAIN RETURNS TO LONDON

 

London – 19 November 2004

 

MQM Founder & Leader Mr Altaf Hussain has arrived back in London from his 15-day visit to India via Virgin Atlantic Flight No. A111. He was warmly welcomed at the Heathrow Airport in London by the Acting Convenor Tariq Jawaid, Members of MQM Coordination Committee, Members of International Secretariat, workers of MQM UK Unit, youth, elders, women and children. Mr Hussain shook hands with all those present. The crowd was also holding placards displaying welcoming slogans. Even the innocent children were also holding party flags. The office bearers of MQM Belgium Unit were also present on the occasion. The media representatives at the airport interviewed Mr Hussain.

 

The MQM International Secretariat was decorated to welcome Mr Hussain’s return. Mr Hussain came to the Secretariat directly from the airport. The workers and supporters of the MQM chanted slogans and expressed their joy on his successful visit and return to London. Mr Hussain apprised those present of an overview of his visit to India and also spoke with a huge crowd of workers and supporters gathered at the MQM Head Office in Karachi.

 

It may be recalled that during his 15-day visit to India, Mr Hussain attended the international conference in New Delhi, met with important government and political personalities and also visited the shrines of Hazrat Khwaja Nizamuddin AuliaRH and Hazrat Khwaja Moeenuddin ChishtiRH in Ajmer Sharif, gave several interviews and attended receptions organized in his honour by Indian politicians and Members of Parliament.

 

Earlier, the Sajjada Nashin of the shrine of Hazrat Nizamuddin AuliaRH Syed Nizamuddin Nizami and his brother Syed Mazhar Ali came to the airport to sea off Mr Hussain from India.