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Extortion a pretext to set me aside: Dr Mirza
KARACHI: Former Sindh home minister, Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza Friday said the objective of target killings in Karachi had been achieved and that the issue of extortion was used only as a pretext to set him aside, Geo News reported.Talking to media here at Chief Minister House, Dr. Mirza said: “Altaf Hussain and Dr. Farooq Sattar had repeatedly demanded my removal.”
He said he would like to thank ‘them’ for having the curbs removed from his speech.
“Ajmal Pahari belongs to ‘them’ and so do the killers of reporter Wali Khan Babar,” Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza alleged, adding he had fulfilled his promise of uncovering the murderers of the reporter.
He said everybody knows all too well as to who those people are who operate on Chanda (donation/extortion). “I was set aside through a conspiracy in the name of extortion,” he maintained, adding ‘we neither collect Chanda nor trample on others rights’.
Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza said he had always led law abiding people and would continue to do so.
“Altaf Hussain had urged the President six times to have me removed and Farooq Sattar also demanded the same on a number of occasions,” he said.
He said there would be no more target killing in the city nor would there be collection of extortion money because ‘they have succeeded in achieving their goal (of having me removed)’.
All the accused arrested for involvement in target killings in the city belong to ‘a coalition partner’. “Ajmal Pahari belongs to them and so do the murderers of Wali Khan Babar,” he added.
Dr. Mirza said he would call the people of Karachi to come together and wake them up for the future of their children.
Courtesy www.geo.tv