KARACHI: MQM chief Altaf Husssain said in a telephonic address on Sunday that he is ready to come back if the country is ready for a revolution.
“The end of feudalism and the corrupt system is inevitable and the time for a mass revolution has come close,” he said.
In a charged address at the Khidmat-e-Khaq Foundation in Karachi, the MQM chief advised the people to wait for his announcement of a revolution, adding that he himself will walk with the people to ensure its success. He added that those who were worried with his statements about a revolution will be more worried when they hear of his return.
Hussain said that to bring about a change in the country, steps like the French revolution will have to be taken against feudal lords, looters of national wealth as well as intellectuals and writers who advocate for them.
The MQM leader said that injustice has been done with the people of Balochistan, patriotism of people in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has been misused with false promises and certain people in Punjab have been used in the name of Pakistan and labelled as traitors and anti-Pakistan.
“If everyone in the country, including Hazarewals, Kashmiris, Seraikis and the youth in Gilgit-Baltistan are ready for a people’s revolution, I will ask the [MQM] Coordinating Committee to withdraw the restriction [on returning to Pakistan] that they have imposed on me, so that I can participate in the revolution.”
Honest generals and army men sympathetic to Pakistan will have to take part in this revolution physically so that the monopoly of a few families, corruption and injustice can be eradicated from the country and a “real people’s government” can be established, he said.
He said the armed forces, the ISI and other intelligence agencies should use their resources against the people who have looted national wealth. “The army should open fire on dacoits and not on poor men,” he added. “All those who have had their loans waived should be hanged in public,” he said. Action should also be taken against influential land lords, who have broken dykes and diverted floodwaters, worsening the situation in Sindh, especially for the poor.
He said all courts including the Supreme Court should take action against the breaches made.
Hussain appreciated the efforts of the Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation and said that the foundation had sent relief items worth Rs250 million to flood-hit areas.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 6th, 2010.
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