Pakistan

'Revolution against feudals is knocking at Pakistan's doorstep'

MQM chief urged the people of the country to play their role to bring about a change against feudalism.

Express September 13, 2010

LONDON: MQM Chief Altaf Hussain has said a revolution against the outdated feudal system is knocking at Pakistan's doorstep.

He said this while talking to different people at the MQM's London's secretariat.

Altaf urged the people of the country to play their role to bring about a change against feudalism.

He also the days of those who have looted the country are numbered.

The MQM chief has made repeated calls for a revolution over the last month. He has stated that feudals have been under the patronage of generals for the past 63 years. He has also said that feudals breached embankments to save their lands.

He said earlier that flood survivors should come out and seize the palaces and lands of the feudal lords; the people living out in the open should be lodged in these palaces.

Altaf Hussain also said that poverty and inflation have risen to a level where it is difficult to stop the way for a revolution. He called for bringing those who looted the national exchequer to justice.

His statement urging “any patriotic general” to take steps against corrupt politicians and feudalism has met with criticism from political parties.

PM Gilani said that he was unaware of the context in which the MQM chief asked the army to take action against corrupt politicians, whereas PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif said that statement was made with ill-intent.

COMMENTS (15)

Omar Khan | 13 years ago | Reply Hate to burst your bubble but the ingredients for a revolution are currently missing from the Pakistani Landscape. Most import thing one needs for the revolution is the self-awareness among the masses. Today 90% of Punjabis and Sindhi Masses are like Zombies. They have no clue about the direction and their rights in a democratic country. With no sense of purpose, no aim and no awareness, revolution is a farfetched thought. People of the largest province in Pakistan, Punjab have no history of standing up against the tyranny, it is just simply not a part of their genetic makeup. They are good subordinates and good hearted people, who would rather live by the philosophy of peace and harmony of Bulahy Shah than standup and destroy the oppression. They would rather be oppressed than fight against oppression. Look at the recent case in Pakistan and look at the past 500 years of history in Punjab. So forget the revolution. IF anything has to be done it has to be done by the MQM leadership. No body else is going to standup up with them, certainly not the people of Punjab, just because of the contempt they feel against Urdu speaking people.

Farukh Sarwar | 13 years ago | Reply Current scenario is without any doubt too depressing for the country and its people but I feel that we must stand united other threats to the country, especially terrorism.

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Arfan | 13 years ago | Reply @ Taimoor Hassan Insha Allah I hope the people whom the nation admires (Afvaaj) will awaken and perform a South American type of clean up and 'get rid' of all these idiots 'permanently' who class themselves as politicians...

Taimoor Hassan | 13 years ago | Reply Feudals under Patronage of Generals. Now Generals against the feudals...THE END of Jaagirdaars and Waderaas.

parvaiz | 13 years ago | Reply I believe if he so presistant about his mission best to come home and start his political career in country. I think he can only convince people of Karachi, not Pakistani.

ahmed | 13 years ago | Reply Actually He will never do anything, He just want himself in newspaper, otherwise till now many things should be settled. and he is talking about Revolution ,its not come by talking, really sorry for those who still support him

Natasha | 13 years ago | Reply Yeah , mqm's nominated Zardari for the job.

Liaquat Ali | 13 years ago | Reply Opinions are like noses. Everyone has got one. The challenge is to have an opinion that is backed by research and knowledge. Senseless comparisons based on mere opinions on democracy vs. dictatorship are everywhere to be found. The top-level dictatorship never has popular support. These dictators show up on the scene because of rampant public frustration with bickering and Khalifa-wanna-be "democrates" that Pakistan has no shortage of. However, once the bickering and the Khalifa-wanna-be "democrats" are gone, the public starts evaluating the top-level dictators on the basis of their own performance. Pakistan has never had true democracy or true dictatorship for too long. The democrats have been acting as dictators as soon as they get comfortable in their rule. And the dictators have been pretending to act democratic to extend their rule. For way too long, the army has been engaged in the "government-government" folly and the judiciary has been playing "in the largest interest of the nation" comedy routine. The time has come for Pakistanis to grow up from their juvenile behavior and the 5th grade view of the world. They need to fully enact the constitution of the country by utilizing all of its clauses, which have been dormant for way too long because the army and the judiciary have been playing their respective juvenile comedy routines? Fast maturing economies of India, China and Middle East cannot afford child's play in their neighborhood for too long. Altaf Hussain is a political genius. If you don't like him, then produce one like him. Otherwise, learn to respect him like adults, and stop whining like 5th graders, nay stop whining like kindergartners.

Ishaq | 13 years ago | Reply People will bring revolution by living in foreign country? Is this a JOKE?

IZ | 13 years ago | Reply And soon after the revolution against the feudals will come the security crackdown against the mobile-snatching mafia of Karachi...

Ali Haider | 13 years ago | Reply What is being said is right. Who is saying it makes it very doubtful.

manzoor | 13 years ago | Reply First, if Altaf Hussain wants to wage a war against feudalism, then he has to come back to the country. Second feudalism can't be eliminated with mere statements. In fact, the elimination of feudalism requires alternative structure in the society and that structure is industrialization which can only provide alternative to the people who will revolt against the feudalism. The areas which are under the hegemony of feudal lords are hardly industrialized. Private sector is not going for there to establish industry there and state is either unwilling or does not have resources. Further, state itself underpins and strengths feudalism and army itself is one of the big feudal institution of the country. Ayub, Zia and Musharraf were non-feudal rulers of the country but they could not bring it down. They were in position to bring land reforms but they failed due to the soaring political influence of feudal lords. In the end, Altaf bhai's statements are good but realities on the ground are different. Poor, hungry, starved, shirtless, shoeless and shelter less masses can't bring an end to the feudal politics. Even if they bring change, it wont be sustainable.

Mariam | 13 years ago | Reply I support his stance on this issue.

Tanzeel | 13 years ago | Reply Something seems to be cooking behind the scene

Liaquat Ali | 13 years ago | Reply Those criticising Altaf Hussain will soon eat crow. However, they will once again pretend that whatever Altaf Hussain is saying today were self-evident knowledge when the reality faces those critics in their face. Such is the nature of the taasubi (bigoted) commentators in Pakistan.

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