Altaf Hussain address: Standing behind the president
MQM chief condemns conspiracy theories.
KARACHI:
Amid growing speculation on President Asif Ali Zardari’s health condition, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain condemned those disseminating rumours about the president’s health and termed it unjustifiable behaviour against a man who stood as a symbol of unity for the country.
Delivering a telephonic address at Nine Zero during MQM’s annual Youm-i-Shuhada (homage to the martyrs) meeting, Hussain strongly condemned the cross-border Nato attack that killed 24 Pakistani troops in Mohmand Agency saying, “Nato should respect Pakistan’s sovereignty and that the country was not Afghanistan or Libya,”
The self-exiled leader also supported all decisions taken by the Pakistani government and Army after the attacks, including the boycott of the Bonn conference, the request to Americans to evacuate Shamsi Air Base and the blockade of Nato supplies travelling through Pakistan.
Altaf Hussain also encouraged party supporters and the people of Punjab to prepare for the party’s rally in Multan on December 23, scheduled two days before the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf rally in Karachi. The MQM chief added that the party had never given party tickets to feudal lords and encouraged the youth to help make the rally a success.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 10th, 2011.
Amid growing speculation on President Asif Ali Zardari’s health condition, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain condemned those disseminating rumours about the president’s health and termed it unjustifiable behaviour against a man who stood as a symbol of unity for the country.
Delivering a telephonic address at Nine Zero during MQM’s annual Youm-i-Shuhada (homage to the martyrs) meeting, Hussain strongly condemned the cross-border Nato attack that killed 24 Pakistani troops in Mohmand Agency saying, “Nato should respect Pakistan’s sovereignty and that the country was not Afghanistan or Libya,”
The self-exiled leader also supported all decisions taken by the Pakistani government and Army after the attacks, including the boycott of the Bonn conference, the request to Americans to evacuate Shamsi Air Base and the blockade of Nato supplies travelling through Pakistan.
Altaf Hussain also encouraged party supporters and the people of Punjab to prepare for the party’s rally in Multan on December 23, scheduled two days before the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf rally in Karachi. The MQM chief added that the party had never given party tickets to feudal lords and encouraged the youth to help make the rally a success.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 10th, 2011.