Haider Abbas Rizvi. PHOTO: FILE
Hussain was was shot dead outside her house in Karachi on May 18, 2013. She was PTI central vice president.
"Why is a party that didn't even condemn the killing of two of its elected representatives raising a hue and cry over the killing of Zahra, who wasn't awarded any party tickets during her life?," said MQM leader Haider Abbas Rizvi.
Addressing a press conference in Karachi, Rizvi said that Imran "acting as both a lawyer and a judge" accused MQM of Zahra's death, just an hour after the incident.
"This just shows Imran's political immaturity," said the MQM leader.
He said that accusations can't take a party anywhere and deaths that are used for political gains should be investigated.
Adding that PTI is answerable to public scrutiny, Rizvi said that PTI chairman's allegations against MQM chief, Altaf Hussain were baseless.
"Imran said he would make Altaf leave London but he was unsuccessful," said Rizvi.
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@The Paki!: Great you have admitted that there is something wrong with yourself. It's good you have very early come out of self delusion. You need some rest, first step may be not to read IK's statements. It will help you a lot. Then contact me, and I will tell you which group to join.
It is not just political immaturity Haider Bhai. You are providing him an excuse for malice.
Imran khan is full of hatred,prejudice and hypocrite.On one hand he throws trash on the Western vivilzation and then turns around goes to west and lick thier shoes.he is the guy who started politicizing and starting the downfall of cricket in pakistan.
@ True Karachiwala
You have stated it correctly that I am wasting my brain power. And it was also correct to state that it is left very little because everybody you have named is trying to set you guys right, which is serving no purpose.
Last but not the least, you again said it right IK Please come back and lodge FIR agaisnt MQM. It seems like finally you have joined our group.
Thank you for sharing my feelings by yourself!
@Basit Ansari: thats it
@naeem khan Manhattan,Ks: @Malik: @ABKhan: @Ali S: @Anonymous: @The Paki!: @A. Khan: @Ahsan: @LondonBoy: @MAD: @Usman Lakhani: @Ibrahim: @Umayr: @Ali Tipu: @Shahzad: @Hammad Mian:
Please do not waste your brain power (which is already little you have) and time, just send IK a single liner message " Please come back and lodge FIR agaisnt MQM."
@Ibrahim: HA ha ha! after spending milions of rupees on ads only 35 NA seats? pti is goin to sink the ship of MQM, REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY!
@Anonymous: PLZ dont hide behind fake names as anonimity is nothing. You should be couragiuos while raising fingers on others. Plz come open and than critise others. Your behaviuos is dubiuos like PTI AND IK. " ANANMOUS"
Mr Rizvi, I wouldn't put it beyond Bhai to have more knocked off to advance his political sympathies. Whether these are MQM loyalists or otherwise is immaterial to his high pitchedness.
Imran Khan did nothing for Pakistan except to play blame game, first Nawaz Shareef and now Altaf Hussain. But remember Mr. Imran Karachi is the graveyard of PMLN, JI, PPP and you are going to bury here too soon. 80% of Karachities loves MQM and you know what they know about you and your evil policies. So you are just wasting your time instead of doing something good for Pakistan. You are the friend of Anti-Karachi Parties like PAC, JI, TTP and still you are thinking that Karachites will support you LOL. May be outsider who comes from Punjab or Interior Sindh would support you but real karachities would NEVER.
Well, Both the MPA's that were murdered in KPK did not had any allegiance with PTI initially, they ran as an independent candidates and won and later joined PTI, Just saying. Their untimely demise was a great ordeal for PTI everyone condemned it and according to latest reports culprits that were linked to these murder's are in Police custody and no more termed as Namaloom Afraad. Peace
Mqm is run by a British national..it shouldn't even be allowed in Pakistani politics.
*True Imran Khan should focus on KPK's law and order rather than Zahra Hussain's death. Though she was respectable for all of us but we can not sacrifice the whole province for one person*
@RK: thats what i tried asking, MPA's life is equally important then ordinary Pakistanies, we want solution for every Pakistani not just MPAs
As opposed to the MQM shutting down the entire Karachi for economic gain ?
As someone who has grown up in Karachi I fully support imran khan. MQM is doing what it does best--- deflecting from the actual issue. what does KPK's violence has to do with karachi's? as a karchite I only care about the law and order situation here
Why doesn't the MQM threaten to quit the government over this ?
Oh sorry, forgot they are already out of government. Oh well, they could always ask to join the government.
As a strong supporter of MQM I think Altaf Hussain needs to go for the party to progress.
@MAD: need evidence
Britain should restrain it's citizens who are constantly threatening Pakistanis in Sindh specially Karachi if they don't get their way. Does any one remembers when their government was prosecuting Margret Thatcher's son who was involved in inciting violence in an African country and Mr.hussain should be restrained because of his threats and specially when he want to rip apart some people's stomachs because those people don't agree with him or his party. Let us wait and see what is going to happen in London, there is this murder and money laundering investigation going on in London and Mr.Hussain has to explain where did he get $600,000 stashed in his house and did he pay any taxes on it. What amazes me is that this person lives in a very posh area of London and has no apparent job like the rest of us do for living, he seems to be leach on the soceity. Brits should look into where this money is coming from and what kind of means they have used in Karachi to accumulate this kind of cash and above all if any crimes has been committed by it's own citizen.
Why are Pakistani politicians concerned about Imran Khan's comments about a British citizen?
@mrs ahmed: What a coincidence! Frankly, I've almost same hunch. As a matter of fact I suspect PTI / Imran Khan or some fool sympathising with and inspired by them did not only this but has his hands in the dual murder of Dr. Imran Farooq as well as this poor 70 years old woman. You must be familiar with the phrases "false flag" and "nefarious operations" . This somehow reenforces my hunches about their culpability. If you can somehow divorce yourself from partisanship, you'd see some nexus between dual murders------- of Dr Imran Farooq / PTI woman Zehra Husain----- and PTI / PML-N. Sure these nexuses are not so visible and well covered as any well planned and well executed as any "nefarious operations" can be expected and are. One would be stupid to overlook the beneficiaries of such acts, I know IK / PTI friends wouldd be offended but one can see some clear motives behind these nefarious crimes. Get Imran Farooq and create hype against MQM's purported inclinations to criminal activities, "false flag"---failing the faster outcome, were difficulties in implicating MQM here. Try Plan-B. Have useless, unknown, dissenting worker Zahra Husain liquidated ("nefarious operation") blame MQM again and play up the sentiments of emotional and misinformed youth and create suspicions about MQM involvement again the "false flag". I wonder if someone might care to break the not so visible nexus between these crimes vis a vis PTI ("nefarious operations" and " false flag") vis a vis Attempts of implicating MQM.
@mrs ahmed:
"she had distant herself from PTI long before she was murdered , may be she was to start her own faction , and PTI them selve eliminated her , also PTI did not lodge her FIR, in karachi"
Are we talking about Dr Imran Farooq here??
Poor IK no where to go it seems. Nothing to do in KP so back to Karachi.
@rizwan: You should ask Imran Khan: "Were the lives of the 2 PTI MPAs less important because they were killed by your favorite TTP? Should you not pursue justice for their sake too?"
@Ahsan: second your thoughts.
@Aysha M: MQM is here to stay
delusions of grandeur!
And who killed the 2 PTI MPAs in KPK?
Even if MQM were to be portrayed as such,TTP is thousand times evil . He should also raise his voice against that evil.He will be believed and respected more for that.
so MR. Rizvi, because she was not awarded ticket does that make her less important or not to pursue justice for her murder?
What Imran is saying is in the minds of large majority of Pakistaniis, The truth hurts !!
MQM Your days of terrorizing are over. And days of PTI ruling peacefully will begin soon Inshaa Allah
Haider Abbas Rizvi on the hit list of LeJ, may Allah protect him from all evil ameen
@MAD: Dear Sir/Madam, the two MPAs from KPK who belonged to PTI were actual sitting MPAs, awarded tickets by PTI. They were murdered by TTP. Would your great Khan care to talk against TTP?
IK will not condemn TTP as he knows that he will be target as well from TTP. Two sitting MPAs has no value for PTI compared with a non-active and non-elected woman. I think for Imran Khan, MQM bashing is easier as it is common in Pakistan to bash MQM for what ever is happening in Karachi, where MQM is not even in power right now.
Why he is silent on daily bomb blasts in KPK. Why he is not blaming party in power in KPK.
Interestingly, nowhere in the statement did the MQM leaders deny that their party is responsible for Zahra Hussain's killing
@Umayr: MQM is here to stay
Totally Agree with MQM and its Co-Ordination Commitee. Differences were clearly visible in her life time, especailly with Arif Alvie, She was not awarded a party ticket, there we reports of a huge rift. Now after all propanagada attempts failed by Imran Khan, he switched Gears to another propaganda. SHAME
@Hammad Mian: I do not think so, What Imran Khan is doing, is in the interest of the People of Karachi.
No, it is not. It is in the "interest of Imran Khan" only. He doesnt care about Karachi, or its problems. He did one big rally, to prove himself a national leader, and then never bothered again. His MPA from Karachi never even visited his constituency. His MNA from Karachi is out of touch from his constituents. His party in general has no policy for Karachi's issues. All Imran Khan wants is to damage MQM enough and capitalize on the political naiveness of many voters, to increase his National Assembly seats from Karachi by 4-5 more in 2018. And then falsely complain that the rest of Karachi elections were rigged, as was alleged by his dentist MNA this past elections.
"Thousands of MQM workers have been killed!" ... but this is not a political gain! "We have a Shohda e Haq Qabristan ...........!" .... but this is not a political gain! "Kacha Qila, Pakka Qila, Blah blah .............!" ..... but this is not a political gain! "Kacchi community pakki community ..........!" ..... but this is not a political gain!
Only MQM has a right to claim a political gain.......!! All others just go in vain ......................................!!
Why is MQM so afraid of PTI ? They seem to be so obsessed with what Imran Khan is saying all the time. Perhaps if the MQM goons were not around, Karachi election results would have been different.
@Aysha M: "Political parties with vision and mass public appeal such as PPP and MQM achieved massive electoral victories with 5 years of inception."
I can only laugh on your innocence!!! As i see, you are just a blind follower of Ghunda and killer party a.k.a MQM. Stay afraid of Mqm but blessed in your ignorance!
Good luck!
@Ayehsa M Your days of commenting on Express Tribune are numbered..
Instead of blame game, Imran Khan should follow the process of law to expose the killers of Zahra Shahid and the victims of 11th May 2007.
@mrs ahmed: Dear madam. Zahra Shahid Hussain at the time of her death was serving as an SVP in PTI's Sindh chapter. She had been elected to that post in March 2013. Not only did Ms. Zahid participate in PTI's election campaign in Karachi but also applied for an MNA ticket. Link to her nomination papers is available on the website of the Election Commission of Pakistan. She herself was also present in various dharnas held after the May 11 elections including one held 2 days prior to her death.
Exactly, why did PTI not register FIR against MQM if it was true? Fauzia Kasuri has mentioned that Arif Alvi and Naeemul Haq had serious differences with Zahra Hussain and that's why she was sidelined.
@Ibrahim: Keep dreaming.
By this definition of political maturity, a party should keep silent if it's member is murdered.
so dont u remember Bushra Zaidi case MQM?
Exactly, why did PTI not register FIR against MQM if it was true? Fauzia Kasuri has mentioned that Arif Alvi and Naeemul Haq had serious differences with Zahra Hussain and that's why she was sidelined.
Your Titanic is about to sink sir! The burgers have taught you a lesson!
Imran Khan is using the same tactics which were used by MQM. Both survive on hate and violence.
Dear Haider Rizvi, you are indeed the most articulate face of MQM. U hit it perfectly when you expose IK's double faced statements which he throws out so brazenly. In fact, MQM should not be on defensive and should continue to expose him for their antics in KPK and on national issues.
No doubt. Imran Khan should take on the TTP, who openly operate from his very own KPK and confess to murders of civilians and politicians (including his own), rather than go after MQM without evidence just for political point scoring.
Sir Was it ok to use killing of Bushra Zaidi for politcal gains ?
Errrr....No he's not!
Two Imran will sink the titanic of MQM. One Imran Farooq and second Imran khan.This is the fear that mqm mentions!
Political parties with vision and mass public appeal such as PPP and MQM achieved massive electoral victories with 5 years of inception. PTI took 17 long years and with an unprecedented media campaign in the electoral history of Pakistan could only get 31 seats in the NA. PTI should focus on evaluating their election performance and strategize for 2018, rather than spending time on something which is under investigation,
Your days are over MQM ... Dont fool yourselves..
little suspious about so much hue and cry about Zohra Hossain in london , it a known fact that she had distant herself from PTI long before she was murdered , may be she was to start her own faction , and PTI them selve eliminated her , also PTI did not lodge her FIR, in karachi. After all this is the manner Imran Farooq murder is stick on MQM
Absolutely correct. Were the life of Imran Khan's very own 2 PTI MPAs from KP less valuable than the poor lady Zahra Hussain? But Imran Khan would not condemn the murderers of those MPAs in spite of the fact that they openly operate and admit the murder of thousands of Pakistanis in the name of religion. Why would Imran Khan not condemn them? Either is he afraid of TTP or he is prejudiced against MQM and Urdu-Speakers. Or maybe it has just become the culture in Pakistani politics to use any crime in Karachi for blaming MQM and then gain political points in other provinces.
As per Dr. Farooq Sattar, Bhai was not threatning the protestors at 3-Talwar, its his way of showing 'love' which everyone in Pakistan, in Engaland and worldwide failed to recoginze. Dont know whether Imran would make Bhai leave london, but Scotland yard would surely not let Bhai do so now even if he wants to.You see, even the Britian & Scotland Yard is Talibanized and doing conspiracy againt MQM.
Both the leader and the led have gone berserk after the May 11th election results
If that is what is required to take Altaf Bahi and mafia down, IK needs to have all the praise.
I do not think so, What Imran Khan is doing, is in the interest of the People of Karachi.