Aug 07 , 2015
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Musharraf criticises Altaf for inviting enemy state into Pakistan’s affairs
Ex-president says Iftikhar can only launch a tonga party
KARACHI – Former president Pervez Musharraf has strongly criticised Altaf Hussain – a London-based chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) – for begging India to come to the rescue of his ‘party workers’ in Pakistan.“How can someone praise a person who is inviting an enemy state for help,” he said in a latest TV interview. Minister for Interior Affairs Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan already said that the purpose of Altaf Hussain’s speech was to defame Pakistan and its institutions.
The target killings in Karachi decreased drastically, and that all parties except the MQM were satisfied with the performance of the security forces, he said. In August 2013, MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar requested the government to handover Karachi’s administrative control to the military.
In the same month, the MQM leader announced the operation would be conducted under civil law enforcement agencies and the rangers would supervise it. Addressing his party convention in the US city of Dallas via telephone, Altaf asked his ‘workers’ to stage protests in front of the UN, White House and the NATO and raise a demand for sending their troops to Karachi.
During the interview, Musharraf strongly criticised Altaf Hussain for speaking against Pakistan and its institutions. He also parried the question about the alleged involvement of former chiefs of intelligence agencies in the sit-ins – arranged by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in Islamabad. “I know both (intelligence) officers very well and I can vouch for their integrity. I just can't comment on it any further,” he said.
He also said that former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry – who is likely to join politics soon – could only launch a tonga party. “Why don’t we buy him a tonga and see who rides with him,” he said. The former chief justice – who spear-headed lawyers’ movement against the Musharraf government – is ready to start his career in politics from August 14.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk