Summary MQM had announced to hold rally on Saturday to express solidarity with party chief Altaf Hussain.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – A meeting of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) coordination committee held in Karachi and London simultaneously. The meeting reviewed the call of protest on Saturday to express solidarity with MQM chief Altaf Hussain.
According to sources, the meeting postponed protest on Saturday and decided to hold rally and gathering on Sunday.
The sources added that the decision was taken keeping in view the public convenience.
The sources further said that the location for holding the protest has not been finalized yet however the coordination committee is considering different options.
The coordination committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Thursday stated that life of Altaf Hussain was in a serious danger. A message of the party chief was also issued by the coordination committee.
In his message, Altaf Hussain said that false allegations were being leveled against him on international level and a conspiracy had been hatched to file baseless cases against him.
The MQM chief said that he continued his mission despite the hardships and imprisonment in past but never bowed before any pressure and will never bow before any foreign pressure.
Altaf Hussain directed the MQM’s coordination committee, elected representatives and workers to take his message seriously.
He urged the party workers to continue his mission and follow his true ideology in case of any harm to his life.
Altaf directed the party workers to remain vigilant and continue MQM’s mission in a responsible way.
Later, addressing a press conference at party’s headquartering ‘Nine-Zero’ in Karachi, members of the MQM’s coordination committee defended Altaf Hussain and said that a media trial was being orchestrated against him.
It is worth mentioning here that the UK police Wednesday sought Pakistan’s help in tracing out two suspects believed to be involved in the murder of MQM senior leader Imran Farooq while the metropolitan police sealed several bank accounts of MQM for not paying taxes.
MQM leader Imran Farooq was stabbed outside his home in Edgware, London, close to the Pakistani political party s international HQ in 2010.
According to details, UK prosecutors have asked Pakistan to trace two suspects believed to have been involved in the 2010 murder of Imran Farooq.
Documents obtained by BBC Newsnight name the suspects as Mohsin Ali Syed and Mohammed Kashif Khan Kamran. They are believed to be in Pakistani custody but not under formal arrest.
On the other hand, Karachi police said they had no arrest record of the two suspects believed to be involved in the murder Imran Farooq.
The foreign office had also expressed its ignorance over the application of crown prosecution service seeking Pakistan’s help in tracing out two suspects.
