ALTAF HUSSAIN'S CONDOLENCE MESSAGE TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA

London -- 26 January 2001

Mr Altaf Hussain, the Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) has expressed his deepest condolences, sympathies and sadness over the tragedy of the earthquake in the western India today, killing hundreds of innocent people. In his condolence message to the Prime Minister of India Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee he said, "at this moment of tragic loss of lives and property of innocent people, I would like to express my heartfelt condolences on behalf of myself and the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), the third largest political party in Pakistan and the second largest in Sindh province, and the people of Pakistan. I pray to Almighty Allah with all my heart to grant courage and strength to those who are suffering and have lost their loved one's in this tragic natural disaster. I wish and pray for the speedy recovery of the wounded."