STATEMENT  OF MQM FOUNDER & LEADER ALTAF HUSSAIN

London 8 November 2002
Altaf Hussain, Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement in a statement has said, “ The country is passing through a critical and chaotic phase and it is apprehended that the present impasse may further aggravate the political instability and economic crisis jeopardising the integrity of the country. For the preservation of solidarity and restoration of democratic order, all the political and religious parties are well-advised to devise ways and means to overcome this crisis on an SOS basis.”. Elaborating he said, “President Musharraf should take a bold step by convening a round table conference of all political parties to bring an end to this deadlock, to which Muttahida Quami Movement would extend full cooperation and support.” He added, “It is strange that on the one hand the political leaders and the parties are criticizing the President’s policies, while on the other hand these very leaders and parties are hobnobbing with the King makers to have access to the power corridors abandoning their ideologies, principles and programmes,.” Concluding he said that what we need is to evolve consensus for the restoration of durable democracy, to save the country from falling into the abyss of disintegration.