File photo of Farooq Sattar. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
MQI leader Raheeq Abbasi said that the long march will be held despite MQM’s absence.
Interestingly, the MQM had stated yesterday that it would continue to support and participate in Dr Tahirul Qadri’s “million-man” march at any cost.
The announcement was made by Deputy Convener Farooq Sattar in Karachi. Speaking to the media, he said that keeping in mind the situation, MQM decided to not participate in the march.
“We [MQM] contacted MQI chief Dr Tahirul Qadri and informed him about the decision and told him that we will be with him in any given condition.”
Sattar said that MQM chief Altaf Hussain has the same vision as Qadri and that it will continue to give political support to Qadri.
“Altaf Hussain’s 35-year-long struggle is not for attaining power, but for brining a revolution in Pakistan.”
MQM, at the “Safar-e-Inqilab-e-Pakistan” held at Jinnah Ground, had said that “thousands of its workers” will show up at Dr Qadri’s long march.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik had met with Altaf in London and requested him to reconsider the party’s decision to participate in the march.
The government – failing to persuade Qadri to withdraw his plans for a long march on the capital – has finally launched a crackdown against MQI activists as a last-ditch effort to force Qadri to put it off.
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What a shame!!!! MQM, hopeless
It was a bit surprising as I was expecting that MQM will depart from Qadri on 14th or afterwards ensuring that the planned long march is ensured to fail. It looks either MQM is too compromised or has reaped the requisite benefits and cannot risk these.
Flip flop: drone
@Omair Shahid: Bro I appreciate healthy talk! Firstly i thank you for accepting some of my points while secondly the only thing stopping them from coming out is fear. Fear of ethnic divide in this province which can be dangerous. Already too many innocents have died and this anarchy plus this govt should go Im in no favor of this incompetent govt but concerning the Karachi based party they dont like them for a single bit but its purely a marriage of inconvenience. Their interest to be as part is to preserve the interest of their voter as frankly in order to get their demands met and ensuring basic needs like education, health and other reforms are looked after they prefer to remain in govt so that they can satisfy their voter while on your second part bro if someone kills an innocent he cant be talked with he should be finished while 13-14 agreements occurred and the other side violated it and they became stronger always. So no sympathies. These zombies want to dictate their way of life which cant be allowed. People had high hopes in tsunami which he frankly dashed the day he turned out to be like old lot.
MQM .. Still an immature party after 25 years
Was this the real drone they were going to launch. What a joke !!!!!!
They have no values !
Sell outs!
@pk: bro first if they wanted to go for long march they should have separated them self from the government because it didn't make any sense because they were going against the government which they are a part of i mean r they joking with us as for the change i agree we need to educated people but first we need to change our self and need to realize as for there development in Karachi they have done a lot for Karachi but development was done when they were in government with Musharraf but 5 years have passed of ppp's government which they are a part of what have they done for Pakistan or Karachi except support the worse government in Pakistan history every day 10 to 15 people died in Karachi what have they done regarding this issue as for you not giving vote to PTI this is your choice but you like others are just pointing fingers for almost 7 to 8 years we are fighting this war we have gone nowhere Pakistan is in the worse position in it's 65 years American who has the most advance weapons & army are having talk with these zombies after fighting with them for almost 10 years why cant we. think about it
the drone turned out to be a boomerang!
"MNAs and MPAs do not become rich over night, some even live in rented houses"
@Aysha: Are they still middle class?? kindly correct your information local town administrator’s house garage containing 2 1600 CC, 1 Prado & a 1300 CC car.(All Personal cars, not official)
Who is more foolish? The Fool or the one who follows the fool.
Was it only to collect the donations?
That seem to be a water kit drone.
@Liaqat Yousufzai: NOT AT ALL, for the following reason
1.party leader never contested elections or aspired to hold a public office, so truly a genuine leader (needless to say leads a humble ordinary man’s life, can often be seen in TESCO T shirts instead of Versace suits, adorned by some e.g former PM Gilani)
no dynastic politics
no relatives given party tickets (instead brother and nephew martyred)
no attempt made to fill personal coffers
MNAs and MPAs, educated and intelligent people none of them with fake degrees
6.MNAs and MPAs do not become rich over night, some even live in rented houses
zero tolerance for corruption or nepotism in MQM
MNAs and MPAs stay in touch with people of their constituency and constituents
MQM promotes ethnic and religious harmony (e.g. MPA Reza’s and his bodyguards funeral prayers led by sunni and shia clerics and all followed in their immat, unprecedented event in tainted history of religious discord between shia and sunni in Karachi)
Raising voice for the oppressed (e.g. openly condemning persecution of shias and Ahmedis)
Produced shadow budget for the first time ever in the legislative history of Pakistan
Land reforms bill and de-weaponization bill
Mustafa Kamal phenomenon/model, Pakistan had never seen such enthusiasm and dynamism in a public representative ever before
Distribution of support in disaster area in the length and breadth of Pakistan regardless of ethnicity and religious belonging
and above everything presenting a model to Pakistani politics that middle and lower middle class people can make it to parliament houses, which were largely meant for fuedals, wadras and industrialists
MQM, only hope for Pakistan
Pakistan zindabad
Flip flop: worn to protect feet... In Warner weather.
Much awaited U turn. Better late than never.
As expected, this was meant at approving some demands from Govt.
@sana abdul: Ii think you are right.
MQM was supposed to participate in the march at "all costs". Now the decision has been reversed at "no cost". Beats me.
@Adnan!
I think, we need to learn difference between a political Party and Pressure groups. I am 100 percent agree with you " Politicians are mirror of ourselves".
Qadri sb Instead of going to Islamabad you should go back to Canada yahaan daaal nahee glay ge
You must understand that a U-turn is a Half Revolution (simple geometry). So be patient and just wait for another U-turn to witness the revolution he is talking (read only talking) about since last more than 2 decades.
Thats Hillarious..... At least now send the warm cloths & chanda taken in name of long march to Earthquake & Flood victims still without shelter...
Altaf trying to defame educated people of Karachi
Repulsive!
@Liaqat Yousufzai: i did not vote for them :-/
what will be done with the chanda money now!!.
@omar shahid: Bro it happens -- its politics. hoping for a change is good but the problem is the massive votebank of this country is illiterate and sorry brother change cant happen as voter's inclinations lie on ethnic, linguistic, biradari and other lines. It took more then 200 years for USA and 600 years for India to be democracies. Dont expect this change quickly. First spread education so that people can evaluate themselves based on their intellectual competence of what is right and what is wrong. I don't support anyone or have inclination towards anyone but i know apart from few hiccups bro i see the work this party does. My advice see Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases as example and see its working. They have given something back to their voters. I have never voted all my life but given the option for change I wont vote for a tsunami who never condemns zombies. I so wish Musharraf well at-least he led this country well!
After defection of MQM from this march, better option for TQ. Chief of MQI is to cancel the long march idea and start campaign to educate the masses for higher moral and ethical values. He has good and effective oratory and shall be a good contribution to nation, can also earn him paradise as well.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha what else to say
So let me understand this better: Yesterday Mr Altaf Hussain said the party will participate in rally at all cost and all the leadership present nodded yes.Today Mr Farooq Sattar announced that party will not participate so he is going against Mr Altaf Hussain's yesterday's decision..... MQM should act like a responsible political party which has credibility
Its not a U Turn in fact more like like a Round About. Story of Pakistan!
PTI forever... one manly stance!
if only the subjects of Altaf Hussain can use their own mind in some decision making, they wont have to give explanations in talk shows on such gaffes
But then they r subjects and might not be able to...
Lots of Haa Haa Haa's in comments including mine as well aa Haa Haa Haa Haa Haa Haa Haa Haa Haa Haa !!!
Earlier they encouraged him to climb the ladder and they pulled it according to plan!!
Karachities would be regretting over their decisions of voting this party...
@pk: r u kidding me first they made a very bad decision going for long march & still being in government yesterday mr Altaf said we will be in the long march at any cost and now they have decide not to go. they are also responsible for the condition Pakistan is in today it's time we think before voting for these corrupted parties who have destroyed pakistan. Think about it.
Its cold in Islamabad and MQM workers cant take that cold.
Another classic example of our politic, which is also reflective of our society, both are full of deception and blackmailing. Where words mean nothing and principals does not exist. Our politicians are mirror of ourselves, we as a society sell conscience for little gains, break trust if see better opportunity, lie openly and on top of that justify our act. The real revolution will only come the day someone will stand and will say to us that we are wrong, we are corrupt we are dishonest, first of change your self than the system will change automatically.
A wise decision keeping in view of grave situation prevailing in Pakistan.
Sharjeel Memon or Fawad Chaudhry predicted exactly the same about MQM and PML-Q.
Problem is fellas this time threat from terrorists is really great! I think this is a decision of maturity not of flip flop. Look being brave is one and being fool is entirely different. So cool heads and rationality should prevail. Govt should succumb to Qadris demand and make EC as powerful as its in India following example of what Mr Gill former Chief Election Commissioner of India mentioned in an interview with a Pakistani journalist. I think cool heads should have prevail as look what these zombies did in quetta yesterday. May Allah SWT rest all dearly departed souls in heaven, amen! First mindset should be to defeat this zombie mentality. The party of Karachi's votebank is rock solid and they should concentrate in getting local govt soon as it facilitates indirectly curbing/controlling terrorism in this city also.
U turn after Allied meeting Did Some body said " Zulfiqhar Mirza is coming back"
Worse democracy .Nothing for people of Pakistan. All of us must think beside ourselves.....
I think its just aploy they will join the rally anyways on 14th or 15th.
Thusssssssssssssssssssssssss Drone..........
you have no credibility...
What will happen to those warm clothes and blankets that mqm asked innocent people of Karachi to donate for this million march?
Hahahaha. Altaf Bhai's Real Drone is off at-last!!
Political JOKE indeed!!
If MQM was wrong yesterday for riding two boats then they must be right after saying NO to longMarch
hhahahah very nice. MQM is master in changing decisions. Pul main tola pul main masha
Appreciated: After Quetta bombings, it wasn't safe to be a part of LM. A very realistic approach by MQM.
My respect for imran khan has increased 10 times...
it seems that public is fool and all stunt is scripted to achinve something. every institution is know what is going on,
Thay all are united against general public. (Two party System 1. Ruler class , 2. General Public)
including media (as they are also get benefit of all these masala news items)
Why MQM does this again and again? and we every time believe therm? What a waste of time!!
As was expected. "Cost" means some cost. hahahaha
Haha Confused lot. Probably saw it failing and decided to quit.
What will happen to the containers with warm clothes? and the money collected ? Guess it will be distributed among members.
Hahahahahahahahahaha! Talking about revolution and afraid after blasts in Quetta ROFL.......
I dont understand when you don't fulfill any commitment then why you participate in that.
Dear Dr. Qadri, people were expecting this from MQM, anyways, keep up your spirits, apparently no one can find your demands to be unconstitutional, you have valid reasoning and sound logic. People facing, load shedding, gas shortage, CNG crisis, mind boggling inflation might come along with you, otherwise they will keep on suffering at the hands of these DEMOCRATIC Political Parties for next so many years. Good luck. .
So we should not believe a word MQM chief says (not that we do anyways) as a U-turn could be just a day away
Thank God that sanity has prevailed!
ultimate shame for the people of Karachi who voted MQM in last election!!! last five year MQM had consistently only one policy take decision & then U TURN, U TURN & U TURN!!!
I wonder what was the amount of that any cost ? Maybe we have a solution for the real value of an infinite number :D
This is BS!! .. I have never ever seen a party which changes its stance within hours
ROFL. The delayed drone!
Just one expression is enough here:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...!!
Hahahhahhahaha
Hahahahahaha Hahahahahahaha Hahahahahaha. Wait for another 48 hours before there is an unconditional apology over is remarks on Quaid - e- Azam.
Drone on Qadri
"drone" - I'm sure they tabled few demands to PPP & it worked! way to go MQM, you guys are master at blackmailing every Government, thanks for working so hard for the welfare of MQM since rest of the people in Karachi were never really your concern :)
massive U-Turn
ahahahaha... one day after Altaf bhai said "Nothing will stop us from joining in on Qadri's long march"
Najam Sethi had predicted this more than a week back
Didn't Altaf Bhai said MQM would support the long march 'at all costs'? I guess this was as anti-climactic as his 'political drone strike'. What a joke!
Another U TURN from MQM.. For sure they have faced criticism for supporting the LONG MARCH...