Ending terrorism: Army should step in if govt fails, says Altaf

MQM chief expresses immense support for army and law enforcement agencies.


Rabia Ali March 01, 2014
MQM chief expresses immense support for army and law enforcement agencies. PHOTO: MQM

KARACHI:


Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has once again said the army should step in if the government fails to come up with a clear policy against terrorism.


“If the government cannot announce a straightforward and clear-cut policy against terrorism, then in order to save the state, I would be forced to say that the army should takeover and get rid of the terrorists,” Altaf said while addressing a gathering held to mark the 27th Foundation Day of the party’s labour division on Friday.

The MQM chief expressed immense support for the army and law enforcement agencies, saying an entire institution cannot be blamed for the wrongdoing of a few officers.

On the other hand, Altaf demanded the government arrest the killers of two MQM workers from the Gulbahar sector who were gunned down on Friday. He said other MQM workers, particularly from the party’s labour division, had also been gunned down in the past.

The MQM chief also condemned the death of a man at the hands of Rangers officials in Karachi on Friday.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 1st, 2014.

COMMENTS (13)

instantaneous | 10 years ago | Reply

so the government has'nt failed?

Hassena Haider Michigan USA | 10 years ago | Reply

"The government fails to come up with a clear policy against terrorism?" the Pakistani government is America’s worst ally—being home to Osama bin Laden will do that to your reputation—Pakistani goverment has gobbled up billions of dollars in U.S. aid and “reimbursements” for services rendered in the war on terror. And while Pakistan’s powerful military and spy services have often collaborated with their American counterparts on drone strikes and militant arrests, they’ve just as often made mischief, hosting the Taliban and other extremist groups, planting false anti-American stories in the press and undermining the civilian government. “The cancer is in Pakistan,” Obama & the American people strong believe —but they have yet to figure out how to excise it.

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