26 December 1998
London time: 3.10 p.m.

RELATIVES OF MR. ALTAF HUSSAIN BEING THREATENED AND HARASSED

The personnel of Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) and Gulshan-e-Iqbal Police Station, led by Ikraam of CIA, raided the residence of Mrs. Rabia Wali wife of Shahid Wali, at FL-1, L/12, Five Star Apartment, Karachi. It is pertinent to mention that Mrs. Wali is closely related to Mr. Altaf Hussain, founder and leader of the MQM. It is fortunate that no member of the family was present in the house at the time of the raid. The raiding party forced their entry into the house, ransacked the entire house and looted the valuables. When they finished plundering the house, they then gathered the neighbours and told them to witness what will happen to those who are related to Mr. Altaf Hussain.

You may recall that in December 1995, Paramilitary Rangers brutally tortured to death the 66 year old Mr. Nasir Hussain and his 28 year old son Mr. Arif Hussain, elder brother and nephew respectively of Mr. Altaf Hussain.