July 16, 2015
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‘Undemocratic forces conspiring to snatch Karachi from MQM’
*Altaf says civilian and non-civilian institutions have not learnt any lesson, even after MQM’s ‘historic NA-246’ win in by-polls
OnlineLONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has accused the “civilian governments and undemocratic forces” of “joining hands to employ legal and illegal tactics to snatch Karachi away from the MQM”, according to a statement posted on the party’s website on Wednesday.
The remarks were reportedly made in a telephonic address to MQM Punjab President Senator Mian Ateeq and MQM Organising Committee during which Altaf Hussain said, “Civilian and non-civilian governments have allied to jointly conduct operations to put an end to the MQM repeatedly.”
The MQM supremo said that Pakistan’s civilian and non-civilian institutions had not learnt any lesson, even after the MQM’s “historic NA-246 victory” in the by-elections for the hotly disputed constituency earlier this year.
He added that these institutions had left no stone unturned in order to defeat the MQM during the by-elections, and said, “No one can capture Karachi by means of conspiratorial tactics.”
Earlier this week, the MQM supremo accused Sindh Rangers Director General Major General Bilal Akbar of violating the army’s code of conduct, following which, multiple first information reports (FIRs) were lodged against him – for what the government regards as ‘inflammatory speech’ – in various parts of the country.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk