Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain says Afghans are our brothers and we have sympathies for them, Express 24/7 reported Wednesday.
Hussain was speaking with Afghan journalists and a Pashtun delegation via telephone from London.
The MQM chief said that his party wants peace and prosperity in Afghanistan. He said that MQM is against any racial and linguistic discrimination.
Hussain said that they [MQM members] believe that every nation should be respected and given equal rights.
He also said that friendship and brotherhood between Pakistan and Afghans is a fact and that the MQM is trying to build brotherhood among the Pashtuns and the Urdu-speaking people.
Earlier, the United Nations refugee agency reported that the number of Afghan refugees returning home has dropped substantially this year, with some 60,000 repatriating in the first 10 months compared to more than 100,000 over the same period in 2010.
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@ SKUNK
no one shared your opinion! So YOU are wrong! To me every Pakistani (except pakistani like u) are my brothers, so yes even the pakistani non-muslims!
@Pakistani Hindu: whats so nonsense abt the article? stop criticizing for the sake of criticizm
Well done. MQM united Urdu and Sindhi people when taken pro democracy rally on 30th October and now great statement of brotherhood with Afghans and Pathans. Altaf Hussain can also help in pressurizing estb and Govt of Pakistan to give Baloch youth its deserved rights.
@Pakistani Hindu: There you are WRONG!!! All Pakistanis are brothers of the same nation. All Afghans and Pakistanis are brothers in Islam and Nations.
U have sympathies for them and they have sympathies for PAKISTAN?
Really Tribure turned number one English Newspaper of Pakistan, I like all news specially business news from Tribune Pakistan
Pleaes stop this brother, brother and brother polticis, be practical, we know it is part of the politics these days that everybody is coming with this soother after hurting someone.
For God'sake please stop this nonsense..