BENAZIR BHUTTO AND PPP LEADERS MUST DISCLOSE THE NAMES OF THE KILLERS OF MURTAZA BHUTTO INSTEAD OF MALIGNING THE MQM. ALTAF HUSSAIN

London - 7 March 2004
The Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain in his address to party workers reminded PPP leader Benazir Bhutto that during her premiership her brother Murtaza Bhutto was mercilessly murdered and to date she has not been able to disclose the name of his assassins. Where as she was very quick to blame the MQM for the murder of Abdullah Murad Baloch within hours of the news, she must desist from making baseless allegations, he declared.

He condemned the brutal murder of Abdullah Murad Baloch a member of Sindh Assembly and asked the Government to hold a judicial enquiry into his assassination.

He pointed out that no human being could rejoice on such an occasion. But there is no justification to disturb the peace in Sindh province on the excuse of this murder and promote party politics by any political party. Mr Altaf Hussain pointed out that last month MQM Supporters in Memon Goth Malir Karcahi, were threatened of dire consequences for their support of MQM and 5 years old Sassi and 8 years old Hajra were abducted and brutally killed by the kidnappers. The MQM lodged its peaceful protest in the strongest term on these killings without blaming any political party. It is disgraceful that PPP workers destroyed the MQM mascot and stoned the house of MQM candidate of provincial assembly. Ms Benazir Bhutto did not uttar a word of sympathy to the families of two little girls but instantly trying to blame the MQM for the murder of Abdullah Murad Baloch. How did Ms Bhutto come to know that a group within the Sindh Government is responsible for his murder?

Mr Altaf Hussain demanded Benazir Bhutto and other PPP leaders to divulge the names of those responsible for the murder of her brother Murtaza Bhutto instead of maligning the name of MQM in the murder of Abdullah Murad Baloch.Through false accusation is PPP trying to convey that they are responsible for the killings of Sassi and Hajra, he asked. He further said that it seems that PPP is itself involved in the murder of Abdullah Murad and is trying to destabilize the Sindh Government and to create law and order situation in Sindh. PPP is also trying to misguide the murder investigation of innocent Sassi and Hajra to save their brutal murderers. He said that it is on the record of the Supreme Court that thousands of MQM workers were extra-judicially killed in the tenure of Benazir Bhutto’s government. PPP’s appointed interior Minister Naseerullah Babar butchered the innocent youngsters of Karachi, including the great grandson of Moulana Hasrat Mohani, my elder brother Nasir Hussain and nephew Arif Hussain and thousands of innocent workers who were extra-judicially killed for political vendetta. It is on newspaper’s record that Naseerullah Babar gave the statement that  he doesn’t believe in the judicial process but his practice is to arrest and kill.

Mr Hussain further said that the PPP government arrested Ms Rais Fatima a party worker and kept her under unlawful detention for eleven months while issuing consistent denial of her detention and arrest. Commenting on the demand of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) for the resignation of Sindh government on the murder of Abdullah Murad Baloch, Mr Hussain said that MMA is part of Balochistan government but they did not resign from the government. Though more then hundred innocent people were killed in Quetta on the day of Ashura. Similarly the leaders of MMA made tall claims of protest over military operation in Wana, Waziristan, but when the operation started MMA did not dare to resign from the NWFP government in the protest of this operation. He asked the MMA leader to act on their own advice instead of advising others. Mr Hussain said that every Pakistani knows about the politics of deceit and cheat of these so-called religious parties who use the name of Islam for their vested interest in politics. Mr Hussain further stated that political awareness is spreading amongst the poor peasants, labourers and educated people of Sindh and no feudal and wadera can create rift between urdu speaking and sindhi speaking people of Sindh now. The PPP should realize that their feudal system is on the verge of collapse. Now the educated poor and middle class people will get elected for the assemblies and the Senate from every area of Sindh including Larkana. He asked the office bearers and workers of the MQM to prepare themselves physically and mentally for any situation. He declared that if MQM is persecuted then the people from all over Sindh will protest including Karachi and Hyderabad and it would be impossible to suppress their protests. Mr Hussain asked the workers and people to be alert against any conspiracy, not to pay any heed to rumours and try to maintain the peaceful atmosphere.