Altaf gives final warning to government to mend ways
Pakistan
Altaf gives final warning to government to mend ways
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain has given a final warning to the Pakistan Peoples Party-led government to mend its ways or else MQM would be forced to part ways with the Sindh coalition too and move from government to the opposition benches.The MQM Chief was addressing his party workers direct from London following the decision of partys Coordination Committee to tender resignations of its two Federal Ministers to the government late Monday night.He said MQM can no longer continue backing government on anti-public decisions, declaring that it is no use holding such ministries which incessantly fail to serve any good to masses.Altaf Hussain ratified the decision of his partys Coordination Committee to quit the Federal Government, saying his party was forced to make this decision keeping in view the existing circumstances.MQM will continue to stand by the government only if it mends its ways, weeds out corruption and resolve peoples issues such as price hike, Altaf Hussain said, warning amid thunderous slogans of party workers that an attitude of bullying and threats must not be adopted against MQM.He advised President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to work for the development and prosperity of the people. Had Pakistan Peoples Party acted on my advice given time after time, the PPP and people would not have to face the present circumstances, he regretted.Time has still not run out and now the ball is in PPPs court, he said, adding MQM is not interested in continuing to be part of the government rather it wants to work for serving the masses facing severe hardship due to relentless price hike and corruption.Altaf Hussain reiterated that his party wants that the present government completes its five-year term. We continued to stand with the government so that the democracy did not get derailed, he added.He also came down hard on Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif for criticizing MQM in the latters public meeting in Muzaffarabad, and called Nawaz a by-product of dictatorship.
