Welcoming the Supreme Court’s ruling on Asghar Khan’s petition, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has demanded action against the army and government officials involved in rigging the 1990 elections.
According to a press release issued by the party’s co-coordination committee on Saturday, the committee asked all politicians who accepted money from army and intelligence officials to “show courage” and surrender themselves to the law.
It further claimed that MQM chief Altaf Hussain was also offered money like others but he refused to accept it and ‘sell his conscience’.
The statement said that the case bore out the fact that government agencies had been meddling in the country’s political process and influencing elections.
The committee called for ensuring that all state institutions work within their framework in future and do not transgress their constitutional limits.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 21st, 2012.
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But Afaq Ahmed of MQM-H claimed in a TV interview that Quaid Tehreek was given 50 lakh rupees and he is a witness to it.
@Imran: yeh and the king joker coming back to pakistan as well
@Pakistani: and askk india for protection if could kicked out of pakistan,,, this party is full of jokes and jokers
A very fair demand indeed. However, never in Pakistan the generals and their rightwing supporters are punished for any wrongdoings. The surrender of E. Pakistan, defeat at Kargil, hosting OBL, and stealing money to steal elections from popular nationalist leaders. It is Pakistan where these rich and powerful bule state pillars are safe for ever.
Who said that, Sell your TV and buy a gun.
@ Ali Ashfaq @ Asad
Supreme court commission already given its recommendation over conditions in karachi which is 'all political and religious parties have there militant wings in karachi'.
@PTI Mardan i bet you are PMLN supporter
Collars UP as this is official now that #Qet #AltafHussain is the only leader who refuses to take money from agencies in 1990 #MQM #Pakistan
@PTI Mardan: They have demanded that. They have also demanded de-weaponisation of the whole country. What good has it done? A political party said that weapons are a part of the tradition of the people who vote for them and they will not hand over their weapons.
Well one has to give credit to us for being such a hypocrite society! When the same court was going to decide the fate of May 12, what happened in Karachi we all know....When the same court asked the Gillani led government to write the letter to Swiss authorities, we all know what happened....& now when the same court has decided on the Asghar Khan case, everyone in the government is telling us how speedy the implementation of the justice should take place...come on, when will the nation rise against the corrupt & inept government??? Are we going to see this drama for the next 4-5 months on the media??? PPP talk about mandate, then why Bhutto denied to give the seat to Mujib Ur Rehman inspite the fact he has won the elections democratically ????? Was he the only patriot on the Land of Pure???
If PML-N had not come to power in 1990, maybe the operation cleanup would not have been initiated in Sindh and then diverted to Karachi. The seeds of hatred would not have been sown. Innocent people would not have died. Maybe.
MQM winning !!
Corruption is the root cause of the current situatuon in Pakistan.
Supreme Court should also Finalize the Karachi Law and Order Case and Bhatta in Karachi on the basis of Joint Investigation Reports already available to them.