PHOTO: IRFAN ALI
Aftab was addressing a protest gathering outside the Karachi Press Club.
He further said that the PTI chairman offended MQM supporters by accusing their leader of killing.
PTI leadership had earlier held MQM chief Altaf Hussain responsible for the murder of PTI central vice president Zehra Shahid Hussain in Karachi.
"I hold (MQM leader) Altaf Hussain directly responsible for the murder as he openly threatened PTI workers and leaders through public broadcasts,” Imran Khan had said in a tweet.
"I also hold the British government responsible as I had warned them about British citizen Altaf Hussain after his open threats."
MQM termed the allegation as an attempt to defame the party leadership.
“It’s yet to be confirmed whether this incident is a street crime or targeted killing,” said Farooq Sattar while speaking at a news conference in the wee hours of Sunday, adding that the blame game at this stage would affect the investigations.
“It is unfortunate that PTI Chairman Imran Khan showed his political immaturity and blamed MQM chief Altaf Hussain for the murder,” he said and called upon the government to take notice of Imran Khan’s statement.
MQM protest
Another MQM protest was held outside the press club in Hyderabad, reported Express News on Monday. According to MQM protesters, the demonstration will continue till the MQM Coordination Committee asks them to disperse.
Security arrangements have been made by authorities to ensure peace.
PTI Protest
The PTI workers are also due to protest in various parts of the country against the MQM chief.
PTI chairman Imran called for a protest in Karachi outside the Mazar-e-Quaid in the evening on Monday.
Earlier, PTI was due to protest outside Karachi Press Club in the afternoon but the venue and time has been changed.
Roads going towards the Karachi Press Club and red zones had been blocked by barriers in preparation for the protest.
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While I strongly condemn the brutal killing of Zahra Shahid Hussain, I would like to take this opportunity as an individual to apologise to the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) supporters on behalf on my leader, Imran Khan’s statement.
I doubt my party will issue an apology statement or agree with me so I will speak for myself.
It was incorrect of Imran Khan to point a finger at your supporters without waiting for an inquiry and an investigation to be completed on the senseless killing of Zahra Shahid Hussain.
Apart from the chaos felt in Karachi, it achieved what it meant to and that is to divide our people and parties further and deepen our hatred towards each other.
As a Karachi resident I accept the MQM as a political force in our city. There are many who feel that by pointing at the MQM, it will eventually bring an end to your party and your supporters.
MQM and its supporters are here to stay and I accept that.
My party’s struggle for change may not have fully come but real change will only be realised when we start changing ourselves, our behaviour and thinking. As a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporter I feel privileged enough that I can publicly disagree with my leader and not feel afraid in doing so.
By writing this letter, I hope to change myself and my thinking for a better Pakistan.
While I stand with my leader and support him, I hope to see a ‘Naya Pakistan’; a Pakistan where I can also stand with you in line and sing together our country’s heart warming national anthem.
Pakistan First!
Best regards,
Imran Ahmed
http://tribune.com.pk/story/553067/the-terror-continues-five-killed-in-separate-acts-of-violence/ yesterday five people or I would say the families have been killed in Karachi. MQM please confirm who is responsible for the loss. your governor is still in power
@bilal: We can ask those parties. I dont think they have problems with other parties. Jamat case is different. They are not political party. Its founder was a popular writer and not a politician. He wanted to cash his popularity. It was wrong assessment. Jamat remains where Maulana left. It is rather shrinking.
Today, Mian Nawaz Sharif sent his best comrade Mr. Dar to negotiate with MQM with special message of Mia Sahib. Why every party chief marches to 90? You are ill informed Bilal or you are Jamat who dont listen to logic.
Despite being victorious in most adverse circumstances where MQM candidates were killed by Taliban and they were not allowed to do electioneering, the process of self accountability is commendable.
I hope others will also do their accountability if they have such culture.
The victory of PTI was obvious in Punjab. Imran Khan should also investigate the reasons for the debacle instead of locking horns with MQM. Why Imran Khan did not lodge FIR for the murder of Zahra Apa and registered that she was killed by Altaf, as he alleged? Report
@A Khan: But he did not lodge FIR of Zahra Apa and family too could not do that.
@Assad: I have many friends here in Karachi and Karachi is my birth place. I belong to Gilgit Baltistan and there were no elections held but my vote is registered in Karachi and I used my vote. When people ask me that from which area you belongs to and what is your language I tell them that I am a Gilgiti and loves to speak Shina language but I am a Pakistani and my National language is Urdu no matter in what language we speak on a daily basis but our mother tongue is from which recognize ourself. There are more than 20,000 army troops from Gilgit Baltistan Northern Lights Infantry (NLI) is the regiment of Pakistan Army operating in Gilgit Baltistan. The main Communication system and mobile signal towers were first installed by Pakistan army there with the name of SCOM in the collaboration with Pakistan Govt. We lack in many rights from Gilgit to Karachi but we never raised weapons for our rights, this is our education and literacy rate which is making a huge difference in our daily lives. Try to change yourself positively people will get addicted to you slowly. Gilgit has the highest literacy rate in all over the Pakistan If I am wrong then you can check the facts yourself. We don't have Gas lines to our doorsteps, Water Supply system is mostly built buy Organizations like AKDN and other NGO's supporting Govt of Pakistan, We have no proper communication system even in the 21st century in many parts of Gilgit, We are still facing many challenges but still we call ourself Pakistanis and I am confused with the facilities and quotas which people of Karachi are getting still they are crying. If you think that you are in trouble and being not treated well than you will always find a worst example than yours everytime.
@Sita White Bhabi: more than 10000 families have been slaughtered in Karachi during MQM era including MQM supporters so why they are not accepting their failure and give a chance to someone who can actually resolve all the issues.
Mr. Khan emerged as Sher Ka Shikari and became Shikar of Sher. Now he is Patang ka Shikari. He is quiet about Punjab defeat which he didnt deserve. Karachi would be much too easy for him as he will find frustrated Jamat and other extremist groups to provide him clutches. I dont think Allah is so kind to Pakistan that they get a better leadership.
As a pti supporter I have to tell the truth Ms.Zahara Hussain was killed because she was shia end of story as her family they will tell you the same thing.
@Intelligent: MQM is no match for PTI, PTI has full support of TTP and LJ. They can trash MQM anytime.
Forget Punjab and join the battlefield in Karachi and waste your energy and opportunities there by agitating over murder of Ms.Zahara Hussain (Do you think she was murdered by MQM ? hahaha ! Its Hakeem Saeed murder case Part 2).
First lesson after elections by Professor Dr.Nawaz Sharif, head of Political Science dppt.Punjab University to Imran Khan, student of first year.)
@Saad:
Yeah, be that complacent fool who doesn't want do anything about the 'hard life' but sit back and judge people who are striving hard for justice.
everyone must have watched on tv how the members of the coordinating committee were woken from their sleep in the wee hours just to make a press statement defending their foreign based so called leader.mqm started the battle occupying karachi in the name of vote bank and terrorizing the karachites. now thank Allah, the PTI have come to defend this city and show to whom karachi really belongs. it belongs to everyone in karachi, but one party claims its owns karachi and its people and they are to obey their orders like slaves. who is ruining the financial capital of Pakistan thru is strikes and so called day of mournings. We pray for every life lost, but curse the ones who perpetrate such acts.
@afza: thanks nand g ! But I understand twitter is not so popular amongst Talibaan. Niether one can see his famous (or infamous) face distortion while condemning in strongest possible words !
@ Sita white bhabhi.he did condemn malakand blasts.follow him on twitter and you will know better.
Well, well, the debate is still on.May I ask my MQM fellow the actual number of the members of Rabita Committee.
Imran has a very forceful bias towards Karachiites. He often sidetracks many. Salams
@Ali H: Please do not pass blindfolded judgement. Thank you and Salams
@Fudge: If you are a serious observer of politics and current affairs then you may be aware of the govt.structure and and different dimensions of politics espcially in Sindh.
Public transport system is a target of transport mafia. Look at railways, what Mr.Bilour has done. Who benefitted from its destruction ? For your information, there is a Circular Railway system pending for more than two decades thanks to bureaucracy in Islamabad and transport mafia.
What a city Nazim can do to overhaul the whole system ? that's why a serious understanding of the system on your part is needed. This city is controlled by more than 20 departments but only Mustafa Kamal is held responsible.
@Ali tanoli: Give a breake man ! Karachi does not need your advice
@Abdul Rahman Khan: Dude, Arif Alvi is from sialkot as far as I know, he is a punjabi.
@Talha Saleem: Go and do your A levels and in winter season get admission in a university in USA. All issues will be discussed after your return from US
PTI made karachi a battlefield? yeah right! and PPP made the nation prosper!
@water bottle:
PTI can't as the guns were a loan to TTP by MQM and they took them back to use against PTI
@bilal: Becuase he is niether MNA or senator whose presence is necessaryin Pakistan to dischrage his duties.
@Ali H: This is exactly what was the motive of murder of Ms.Zahra Hussain. To pitch PTI and MQM against each other in Karachi and rule from Islamabad and Lahore without any problem.
Now PTI is busy rather at war with MQM, it does not have time to focus the battlefield of The Punjab
Everyone in this country knows about MQM.
@Christians in Pakistan: You do not represent the entire Christian community & better use your own name while commenting. Despite all the bad habits of MQM they are way better than all other parties in entire Pakistan because they have respect for human beliefs and diversity. Have you ever had a chance to meet any one of the leaders of MQM, if they know who you are they will talk to you nicely with respect not like others who treat Christians as non-humans. If there is class distinction in a nation, it will never prosper; the word majority & minority is a slap on the face of a nation, are we not one nation, counted as one people then why are we considered minority. Other nations who got independence as the same period or after as Pakistan are well developed e.g India, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Malaysia & UAE are some of the well established countries but what happened to Pakistan??? Some would blame Army but who ever does forgets that during army regimes Pakistan developed enormously which never happened during civilian rule. Think about it hot shot.
Bad tactic from PTI, first they targeted PML-N but after getting hammered by them in the elections, now they are targeting MQM. Well everybody knows how its going to end if anybody targets MQM. Taliban Khan should stay on his own course, with focus and should not mess with MQM.
What a personality has been killed. How many more adjectives can be used for her itself speak aloud of her prominence? Who killed and why is a baffling question and needs an answer? Leaving apart that she was a political leader for Tehreek e Insaf she was leader and mentor otherwise too and had to live longer to enlighten us on the whole. Not many are born alike. Alas! she has been snatched away. I wish she live is paradise now, aameen. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi / Kuwait / Mobile 00965-66229897 / iqbalhadizaidi.formerdiplomat@hotmail.com
@Raja Islam. your replies to each individual shows your real ignorance. Open your eyes Sir, look around and think before you make such unrealistic statements. No doubt you think you think each one is a piece of art, however, they just show off your bias and ethnicity.
It would be better to fight the battle in court of law.
Did the tribune made headline of Altaf Hussain anti Pakistan statement. Infact Media has been Hijacked , They are scared.excluding some honest anchors. We have to face Allah for all of our deeds.Please share and write those which are fact..You are making headlines of such a party whom ruined the country and Karachi.
@Defenceless!: because thats where our leader was killed?
Plus i am surprised u didnt watch thousands of people protestnig in Lahore and Islamabad.. Which channel do u watch? MQM TV?
@ observer. MQM has not changed in the last decade. It is and always has been a terrorist organization. How could IK look at MQM...manifesto or not and say that we have a natural alliance....not just once but several times and on several occasions. MQM have always been this...this is why despite not favouring any other party I cannot favour IK and his party who sided with MQM in the past and are only now complaining when they themselves are suffering at MQMs hands the way the rest of Pakistan has been for decades.
@Maria ali: They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
look whos talking (rofl)
@Jharloo: You consider Karachi to be a wonderful city and the fact is completely opposite and Thanks to MQM contributions towards the city
@Shahid: The British created Pakistan. The well to do Muslims stayed in India and the lower income groups migrated to Pakistan to seek better economic prospects. If the indigenous people had not given you shelter, you would have nowhere to go. Look how you have prospered in Pakistan going from living in tent cities to owning property and ruling at least one province directly.
@Shahid: Sounds like another threat to me.
@Assad: If your roots go back to regions of India and you stick to those, you will never be a true Pakistani. The Punjabi, come from Punjab, the Sindhi from Sindh and so on. However the Mohajir lives in Sindh Punjab and Balochistan but is still Delhi wala or Bihari. The day you accept the fact that because you are born in Punjab you should call yourself Punjabi and not Bihari (you have probably never seen those provinces in India) things will be fine. Of course the other alternative is to go back home to where you belong as that is what a refugee does when times improve.
@Aysha: It is very unfortunate that some lower income refugees have been unable to move away from ethnic leanings and continue to support criminal groups just because of these ethnic feelings. At the same time they have kept themselves out of mainstream politics and have remained in the fringes without assimilation as Pakistanis.
MQM is better than PTI they have made our lives miserable in Lahore dha and Karachi dha and Clifton.
we love MQM G.A altaf hussain.
We are happy with MQM we don't need PTI anymore they have Cliftion and defence like other part of city.
@Aysha: Right and that is why lower middle class individuals from MQM live in Europe and the US without doing any jobs.
@Aysha: What happened during that period was siphoning off large amounts through development projects. Running KMC like a fiefdom and ruling Karachi through a reign of terror.
@Gemini: Mohajir by definition is a refugee who has fled his home due to conflict. The refugee ultimately returns home when conditions become conducive to the return. In this case no one has gone back home and while they control the government, they are still refugees and refuse to assimilate.
'Imran made Karachi a battlefield: MQM Leader'
Yeah, and indeed Karachi was an epitome of Peace, Prosperity, Singing birds and colourful Flowers for past 5 years when MQM ruled the city while being part of the government. Isn't it?
"Namaloom Ifrad" is this synonym with MQM?
@Saad: That sort of thinking is the reason why we are where we are now.
MQM feels unsafe after the victory of Imran kahn and the people of Karachi wants to change. The leaders of MQM are disturbed by the new change.
PTI you should be ashamed of yourselves. Karachi used to be such a model city before elections. There was no violence sectarian or ethnic. Target killing?? In karachi? You must he joking. Everyone in Pakistan wanted to move to karachi with their families that's how safe it used to be. Every investor in the world was just dying to do business in karachi. Tsk Tsk Tsk. PTI turned karachi into a battlefield.
@observer: Great summary. So brief, so true.
@Shahid: Why do you think that only MQM or Urdu speaking made Pakistan?? Do you know that Imran Khan also belongs to a migrant family from Jullunder in Indian Punjab.
Pakistan was made by people of all ethnicities. Millions of Punjabis were killed and the rest were made homeless when they migrated from Indian Punjab. Cut the crap and read history instead of listening what Mr Altaf tells you.
Can we remind Altaf bhai MAY 12?????? Have we all forgotten?
@Riz: He entertains them by dancing and singing. Literally! Check youtube. I am not joking.
@Salman:When we go we will take pakistan also with us as we created Pakistan.The locals found they were in Pakistan one fine morning when they woke up from sleep.
Lmao....and khi was very peaceful before ha ha ha ha ha joke of the decade
Demilitarize Karachi there will be no battle ground
imran khan became successful in the post 11 election. the public gave PTI their mandate in order to relief them from all prevailing situation in the country. but PTI wanted to pass its five years while making fess and disturbance in the next five years. please respect the mandate and not indulge in useless and trivial problems and criticism. so do perform as promised.
@Talha Saleem: If MQM is banned Pakistan will not be there anymore.
I Khan has shown a high handed manner of ignorance and immaturity - a deadly combination to say the least. An extremely bad loser as he once abandoned his team to be routed in Sharjah against India... His diatribes from his bed are showing him up for what he is. Pakistani voters have shown on the other hand their maturity voting in droves for the Sharif brothers, not trusting the tsunami and rude manners during I Khan's campaign; not receiving Shahbaz after his fall, and so many other examples of his petty mean ways. A leader should be above such matters.. It is time for him to accept defeat on a national level with grace, stop the confrontation in the streets; take Mr Sharif as an example who in spite of a clear majority is looking for reconciliation, what an excellent speech at the Alhambra today. Politics is not about egos, it is about the people of your nation Mr. Khan.
I respect values of MQM as they are against feudal culture. For those of you that don't bother to read history, party came into arms to protect against armed wings of JI who were the first 'party' to use bullets to enforce their point of view, they were a menace. They have also been victimised because of their ethnicity for decades. However, I believe that the time has come for them to shed their weapons and now only be the modern urban secular party that they are. At the same time it is duty of others to stop creating ethnic divides and let Pakistanis be just Pakistanis. Ayesha, I appreciate yours passion but you should not be so blind to some of their faults, and these are not opinion, they are facts. Latest rumours are that this is being lifted by local leaders to create some sympathys and fear before local bodies elections so that local govern mandate is not lost to PTI as well, as this time elections will be held under close army watch to avoid rigging.
If Punjab can support NS then why shouldn't Karachites support Altaf? I mean the only difference is that Altaf got a moustache...
@observer: As always an overly rosy picture of the PTI. Besides Defence and Clifton, PTI cannot win a single seat anywhere else in Karachi and you think MQM will be afraid of the PTI? Lets be realistic please.
Democratically you cannot defeat MQM in Karachi because the people see what the party does for them and support it. Only by way of force, delimitation etc. will the powers that be will try to curtail MQM.
@Talha Saleem: Yes ban only MQM since you don't like them. Funny that I don't see you making the same demands against the TTP, the Punjabi militant parties, the Baloch separatists. All of the chagrin is preserved for and vented against the MQM only. Do keep in mind that at least MQM operates within the constitution of Pakistan. Most others that I have mentioned above don't give two hoots about our constitution or national integrity.
@Gemini: The day the Punjabi stops calling himself a Punjabi, The day the Pakhtun stops calling himself a Pakhtun, The day the Baloch stops calling himself a Baloch, The day the Sindhi stops calling himself a Sindhi, That'll be the day that the Muhajir becomes a Pakistani like everyone else at that time.
Until then, this is what a typical conversation with a Muhajir goes like - "Where are you from?" Muhajir - "Pakistan" - No I mean which part of Pakistan? Muhajir - "ji Karachi" - So you are "urdu speaking?" (in other words "Muhajir").
The point being that if you are not from the other 4 areas, you really have to prove your Pakistaniat to everyone.
So you see there is no escaping the roots and where one comes from. What you need to do is to stop picking on Muhajirs for being Muhajirs and if this really irks you then you should get the other four ethnicities to give up on calling themselves as such.
Why doesn't this Tsunaminator focus on his mini-sailab (tsunami, eh?) in KP? Start planning now, baba-e-KP.
@Riz: Because in your warped mindset, you cannot come to terms with the fact that people in Karachi support MQM for the work it does for them. Its not loyalty to Altaf Hussain that gives MQM its mandate. The sooner people realize this and come to terms with it, the better it will be for the stability and peace in Karachi.
@Water Bottle: You should become a trial lawyer. Lol... (hey, it's a complement dude; I hope you're not a PTI guy who'd get offended even by a strong breeze).
@Fudge:
"At one time you say PTI is a burger mommy daddy party. On the other hand it is friends with TTP?"
I am sorry. I would never say Burger. Burger is a term used extensively by Pakistanis. I would never ever use the term Burger, Lote, Topi...these are all pakistani slangs.
Why media gives this much coverage to MQM? By no means, such items deserve top slot on the page. Its against news ethics, but who cares about ethics in Pakistan.
@Aysha: you are sincere but unaware. I trust you would join PTI when every thing would be disclosed before your eyes.
IN Lahore the protesters are not threatened nor 60 years old women shot down infront of their daughters.
Thats why Karachi becomes a battle field
@ Ayesha and others supporting Mr Altaf... I was myself a MQM supporter but MQM's performance in the last 5 years forced me to opt for a different option this time.
Everyone is complaining on the protest but I hope MQM realizes the root cause behind this shift in minds of Karachiites. The reality is that you joined hands with a party for almost 5 years who had no interest in developing the nation leave aside Karachi. Moreover, you allowed them to destory the city rather than opposing it. Mustafa Kamal was good hence people supported in 2008. Think about what MQM has delivered in the last 5 years to its people and you will get your answer. As Hazrat Ali a.s said "The system of Infidels may work but the system of unjustice will not".
I expect both PTI and MQM to respect each other's mandate and convince people to support them in the next elections based on their "PERFORMANCE". MQM still has a chance and if they distance themselves from the brand of "Bhai Loag" and perform diligently they still shine.
IK and PTI have given Karachiites a lead to daringly face those who have ruined the peaceful civic life of a cosmopolitan city like Karachi where all communities, sindhi, punjabi, ballchi, pathans, mohajirs', kashmiris, hazarawals, shias, hindus, christians, qadianis etc. etc. lived in peace and harmony. Peace has now become non-existent and a thing of past ever since the MQM had its brand of politics in karachi and hyderabad in particular. The election of Arif Alvi, who is himself a 'mohajir' is just the opening of a new era breaking the monopoly of MQM.
@Water Bottle: Nice one
MQM just cant accept the fact that there's another party now who's challenging them in their own backyard.
@Jharloo: Please name anyone else other then Mustafa Kamal?! and no, we don't love MQM. Parts of Karachi don't love MQM anymore and MQM supporters should also respect that. Also PTI should refrain from this dharna politics, this is starting to get a bit ridiculous now.
All muhajir brothers and sisters, please return to your ancestral homes and leave pakistan alone. We don't want to fight or quarrel with you.
@Aysha: Yes, Mustafa Kamal did build flyovers but the general public transport system remains poor at best and even those flyovers built in Mustafa Kamal's time are starting to give way. He did not solve long-term problems Karachi city has faced for several years now. To add to this, security has been worst in the last 5 years.
Can you please name anyone else besides Mustafa Kamal to have done something useful in the last 5 years? We respect people like Mustafa Kamal but again is that all there is to MQM? Only if they can learn to be non-violent and disarm themselves will they gain my respect. From a Karachiite.
@Bhulla Khan: I am a Karachiite and I agree with Ali H. Yes Karachiites are not so naive so don't try to hijack us anymore and that, too from London. Its not going to work anymore.
@Water Bottle: At one time you say PTI is a burger mommy daddy party. On the other hand it is friends with TTP? Now tell us what exactly you want to say here because you can't be two at the same time.
wake up karachi before its too late karachi is cosmopoliton city like any other big cities in the world its not belong to Muhajir or Sindhi or Pathans only and the way MQM dealt with it i am scare it never ever gonna get modren and peace full ....
@Defenceless!: WAKE UP man, if you are satisfied the way MQM and its allies are handling Karachi, than I pray for you. And, please get rid of this bias of Punjabi, Mohajir, Pathan, Sindhi etc. We are all Pakistanis and Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Quetta, Peshawar are all our cities.
@Defenceless!:
WAKE UP man, if you are satisfied the way MQM and its allies are handling Karachi, than I pray for you. And, please get rid of this bias of Punjabi, Mohajir, Pathan, Sindhi etc. We are all Pakistanis and Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Quetta, Peshawar are all our cities.
this oiece of s88888 need some education
Only terrorist Mindsets will support MQM. They are the biggest terrorist group in Karachi. Murdering people openly
lolz
@Riz: No need to wonder: "There's a sucker born every minute" is a phrase often credited to P. T. Barnum (1810–1891), an American showman.
MQM is running scared.
“I hold (MQM leader) Altaf Hussain directly responsible for the murder as he openly threatened PTI workers and leaders through public broadcasts” Did he not openly do that? Who can deny that? He threatened the journalists as well but they do not have the spine to take a stand on that.
@bilal: it is important to deviate into sense from time to time.
All these parties are unable to penetrate through mass public support for MQM, and despite joint efforts, still unsuccessful
@Ali H: Then you should not call mqm a political party. Call it a mafia or a gang
@Aysha: Very well said. Karachi and MQM owe a lot to the Gen. Musharraf. And every MQM leader respects Gen. Mush. Unfortunately, press does makes heroes out of delusional cheats and hypocrites. And projects the worst perception of MQM.
at least it's not a slaughterhouse anymore
Dharna culture made Karachi, a battlefield
I wonder why PTI is nt doing massive protests in panjab over the massive rigging that took plaace there. I am baffled. Even before the muder of Zahra Hussain, they were almost silent in panjab. Is PMLN too pure or too strong?
Is there anyone who didn't burst out laughing at that headline?
why always MQM has problems with other political parties. previously it was PPP than Jamat islamai than ANP and now PTI. we know how your workers are trained to slaughter the innocent lives of Karachi. All political parties should submit their stance against the killer party of karachi
@proud pakistani: Natural alliance as far as manifestoes are concerned. But practically MQM has militant wings. This is parting of the ways betweem PTI and MQM. MQM is in serious panic now....because: 1. They will not be part of the federal government since PML (N) does not like them 2. Ishrat ul Ibad will be asked to resign 3. The chief ministry and interior ministry of Sindh will be retained by PPP 4. Last but not the least, PTI has turned a nightmare for this steadily declinig terrorist organization i.e. MQM
I would request MQM to roll back the protest plans, I can only expect maturity and magnanimity from the seasoned political party and not the debutant party of national assembly 2013.
MQM all eyes on you to rise above petty politics of PTI
Who killed PTI leader in Karachi on Saturday night, just before the NA-250 elections? MQM has had Karachi as a killing field for 20 ++ years now and they accuse others of making a battlefield? Who has IK threatened to kill?
Alhamdulillah, before election we Karachi walay, lived in heaven, no violence, no street crimes and above of all no strikes, thanks to NQM.
@Riz: The day they are declared perpetrators by law, they would lose my support. Innocent until proven uilty
@bilal: Pls rationalize; Mustafa Kamal managed millions of rupees for the city government but didnt make money out of it, I dont think people from MQM steal from public coffers Also their stance against Taliban is very brave
They mean Karachi is not a dictatorship its fighting the militants. Life was much better under a dictator??
Battle is in the whole pakistan now.common man versus statusquo
lol we know who ruin Karachi and who made Karachi a battlefield
Hasn't MQM made Karachi a battle field already? or is it IK doing the target killings? but wait MQM has been in power for more then 20 years and see how peaceful Karachi has been?
@Jharloo: kill me and my family but I will love Altaf hussain for giving us Mustafa Kamal
@Aysha: and can you name someone who has actually done something for karachi
What happened to Mr IK's statement that "there is a natural alliance between MQM and PTI"? This would be about face number 100000 for Mr IK.
@Aysha: you just made me laugh :) Like what Mustafa did was charity under a military dictator . Constructed a couple of fly-overs and under passes in his constituencies. Signal free corridors are for transportation of war-time arsenal not for common people like you and me.
@Riz: I wonder how a person, sitting in UK, can hypnotize thousands of people over the phone. BECAUSE MUSTAFA KAMAL MADE A WONDERFUL CITY AND WE LOVE MQM!...ANYTHING ELSE
MQM should be totally banned from Karachi and Hyderabad.............!! They dont have anty right to protest...... everything is very open now.....!!
Now it will be REAL STREET TSUNAMI of MQM then the Fake Tsunami of PTI
@Aysha:
And you know what Mr. Kamal did to this city. He built the roads and destroyed the institutions. What KMC offices are at the moment, heards of sheep without a shepherd.
@Ali H: Time for war like it used to happen in the 15th century, two groups running towards each other. Only problem is that PTI workers will have kitchen crockery while MQM will be heavily armed
Bro do you live in Japan? Shahzaib murder case happened in Defence so the PTIiers will be having much more sophisticated arms but they need airconditioned places for dharna!!! Karachiites are not so naive so do not try to make them fool.
@Riz: because he gives us people like Mustafa Kamal
Please Karachi has enough trouble as it is.
I am still shocked that they call themselves mohajir. They have complete right to vote they have governor, National Assembly Seats and Provincial Assembly Seats. Complete Karachi metropolitan system and main seats in Karachi are held by their people and still they are Mohajirs?
The responsibility for all mayhem being caused in Karachi should rest squarely on PTI. They are already showing their anti-Karachi credentials by sparing Lahore and Punjab which is where their tsunami was supposed to appear and taking advantage of the cosmopolitan and welcome atmosphere of a tolerant Karachi. Enough is enough. If there are any PTI supporters with a thinking head, they should question their leadership - why Karachi only!!!
Do people have nothing better to do???
Why is MQM protesting? They have no reason to protest at all. It's PTI whose leader got killed. Or are they trying to steam PTI's thunder?
there is going to be a big clash between two parties..coz one is loosing strength and the other is gaining and it happens when this happens..
I wonder how a person, sitting in UK, can hypnotize thousands of people over the phone.
Months ahead, some journalists had said that Tehrik Insaf shall carry out their share of protests after elections, (which was left inconclusive by Tahir ul Qadri) to complete their agenda. Now we can see this is happening
cute.
Great job by both parties. Life is difficult enough for the citizens of Karachi. This behavior is idiotic.
Time for war like it used to happen in the 15th century, two groups running towards each other. Only problem is that PTI workers will have kitchen crockery while MQM will be heavily armed