THE US SHOULD KNOW THAT PAKISTANI NATION IS FIRMLY UNITED TO DEFEND THEIR BELOVED COUNTRY: ALTAF HUSSAIN

LONDON: 17TH OCTOBER 2011

Addressing the government of the United States the founder and leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain said that the Pakistani nation was firmly united to defend their beloved country. He declared that the MQM was ready to offer any kind of sacrifice along with the armed forces in defending the country. He said that conspiracies were being made against the PPP from within and sought to assure the president, prime minister and the federal cabinet that the MQM would redeem its pledge even at the cost of life. He was addressing a large gathering of the office-bearers and workers of the women wing of the MQM in Lal Qila Ground in Azizabad.

Mr Hussain said that the MQM was against the timeworn customs and cruel practices of subjugating the women and suppressing their basic rights. If the MQM came in power in the country then the people guilty of cruelty against the women would be given harsh punishments.

Mr Hussain started his address by reciting verses from the Holy Quran and praising the Holy Prophet (PBUH). He said that the blasphemer who had the audacity to compare himself with the Holy Prophet (PBUH) should be cursed by all. He praised Mufti Osman Yar Khan, Hafiz Muhammad Salfi, Allama Abbas Kumaili, Maulana Asad Deobandi, Shah Turabul Haque Qadri, and Shah Sirajul Haque Qadri for their courageous and righteous stance against the cursed blasphemer.

Mr Hussain said that the life of women was made impossible in the feudalist society that degrades and abuses the women instead of showing respect and honour to them. Women were killed on the pretext of karo-kari and honour killing was commonplace. Unfortunately there was no one to redress the grievances of the women in the country.

Mr Hussain said that he had been raising his voice for the past one week against the gross injustice done to Aaisha Ahad Malik. Hamza Shahbaz, son of Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, had married Aaisha and then turned her out of home. She was forced to deny the existence of nikah and when she refused to accept she was implicated in a false case. She was tortured in the police lock up for over ten days. She was asked not to give any statement against the profligate Mogul prince.

Mr Hussain regretted that no one in the country came forward to give solace to Aisha Ahad and her family. He demanded of President Asif Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani and Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik to give protection to Aaisha Ahad and her family.

Mr Hussain praised the services of the women in the history of Islam and Pakistan. He said that when Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was hanged it were Begum Nusrat Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto that rose to the occasion and came in the practical field. When the fierce operation started against the MQM on 19th June 1992 and it was made impossible for the young workers to stay at home, it were the women that came forward in the face of extreme hardships and opened the Nine Zero.

Mr Hussain said that the MQM was once again faced with difficult times and a number of forces were conspiring to finish the MQM one way or another. Once again the MQM was being thwarted in its effort to spread its message in the length and breadth of the country and a poisonous propaganda was being done against it.  He impressed upon the women to spread the message of the party throughout the country and inform the people about the real facts.

General Workers Meeting of MQM Women Wing
At Lal Qilla Ground Azizabad, Karachi
17 October 2011

 
Members of the MQM Coordination Committee, Office bearers and workers of the MQM Women Wing
listening Mr. Altaf Hussain's telephonic address