Imran Farooq case: Sattar pleads for MQM chief’s innocence

Says black sheep even from within MQM should be arrested

LAHORE: MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar repeated his party’s claims that MQM chief has only one property with proper documentation, in an interview on Tuesday in the Express News show, ‘To the point’.

Former deputy convener of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Sattar reiterated that Altaf Hussain has no source of income, since the party chief has devoted himself to public service. He cannot confirm about any other property owned by Hussain, Sattar added.

In the interview with Shahzeb Khanzada, Sattar said the MQM has been cooperating with the British police to arrest the culprits behind Dr Imran Farooq’s murder in the UK.

The black sheep that have been pinpointed during the course of investigations must be arrested even if they are from within the MQM. The party will never have an objection to such a move, Sattar went on to say.

Sattar said his party’s chief is innocent.

British police took away Hussain’s computer, money and other things from his house in London but have not issued any receipt for the items confiscated, lamented Sattar.

The MQM MNA also spoke about his party’s good relations with the media, saying that the party had no animosity with any anchorperson. The MQM had learnt that anchorperson Jasmine Manzoor wanted to lambast the party in a bid to boost ratings, Sattar said, adding that it was unfair to the party.

The former minister went on to invite Manzoor to discuss if she had any issues in particular with the party’s functioning, urging that anti-MQM propaganda must not be aired in the media since negative perceptions about Karachi’s largest party will push the party to the wall, politically.