Dr Farooq Sattar. PHOTO: APP/ FILE
“The killing of MQM leaders, workers and supporters at the hands of armed terrorists has become an everyday occurrence. No day goes by when we do not attend a funeral of a party worker of supporter,” Sattar said.
The party leader added that all political and religious parties of the country are busy with their election campaigns while the MQM is busy lifting bodies of its workers and supporters.
He said that this was an organised conspiracy against the MQM to stop the party from fully participating in the elections by “cornering it and snatching away some seats from the party”.
Sattar said that the MQM election candidates, workers and supporters were being killed so that the party can be forced to boycott the elections.
“This can be noted from the press conference of Jamaat-i-Islami’s (JI) ameer Munawar Hasan who said that the JI will not boycott elections, but other parties will boycott them,” he added.
According to Sattar, the first chapter of this conspiracy was the “unconstitutional and unlawful” delimitation of Karachi and the second chapter was carrying raids and door-to-door operations in 20 areas of the city harassing people and pushing them away from the election campaigns.
The MQM leader said that they will announce their consolidated list of electoral candidates and formally kick off their election campaign from Saturday, April 20, 2013.
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@musa: All political parties stand for coming into power to resolve problems of their supporters. Uturns are often a necessity. Which actions/decisions of MQM you consider as Uturn and how those were contrary to public interests? Musa please do explain me and guide. I have to vote.
its OK MQM will do anything to remain in power! they sat with dictator then with their hated PPP next they will sit with Nawaz or Imran! MQM will do anything to remain in power! they might do many U-TURNS but remaining in power there is NO U-TURN from them!
@Faisal: Are not you sarcastic?
@Ammar: Do good have good is fine in an individual life. But when you are challenging the system by warding MNA MPA ticket to sellers of Sugar cane juice, Telephone operator, poor and lower middle class then status quo forces will take MQM to task . And I assume you are intelligent enough to understand that "Owners of Pakistan and Pakistanis" wont do it themselevs with guns in thier hands. For this, they have gangs like Amn Committe etc.
Dont be content and cozy, without sacrifices no revolution is possible. Quad e Aazam was one of the most law abiding and principled person, but what happened during partion ? millions massacred millions women lost thier sanctity. Did not they know "Do good have good" ?
Don't worry MQM, the Mohajirs are with you 100%, until we achieve our right to self determination, and establish the Republic of Mohajirstan, InshAllah !
Ofcourse they wont announce bycott until 2 days before the elections and this wont be their first U turn
It is unfortunate.
oh really. .:p
do good have good and vice versa. ..;)
‘despite being targeted’ Is that not a reaction? Rule: Target and you shall be targeted, period. What is actual is rational, what is rational is actual!